Increasingly, patrons want to provide live updates
(NEWSER) - The bad news is, apparently some of us absolutely cannot sit through a play or opera or ballet performance without tweeting. The good news is, in some theaters, those tweeters will have their own section. As more theatergoers live-tweet performances, so-called "tweet seats" are becoming "a national trend," the director of a Shakespeare festival tells USA Today . To wit, art-minded tweeters will find a place at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Raleigh's Carolina Ballet, and Ohio's Dayton Opera. In at least one theater, the seats are in the back row so that other audience members are not disturbed. More»
