Next time you’re in a theater in Boston - or down on the Cape, or out in the Berkshires, or on Broadway, or pretty much anywhere, really - take a look around at the audience. Chances are you’ll notice something missing: young people.
What you’re likely to see instead is wave upon wave of gray hair. Most of the seats will be occupied by baby boomers and those of the generation born around the time of World War II. Thirtysomethings will be scarce; twentysomethings will be even scarcer. And teenagers? Don’t ask.
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Has anyone considered that the problem is that there are many more interesting things to do? Even though my parents exposed me to theatre as a child, I still would rather go to the dentist than the theatre. At least going to the dentist means they won't be asking me back for 6 months. Since I am 50, the argument that it is only young people does not make as much sense as theatre has lost the battle of what people would rather do to other forms of entertainment.