So when filmmakers Clint Eastwood and Darren Aronofsky took the stage Saturday at the Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeTheater and revealed their positions on digital filmmaking, the event bordered on heresy.
Teachers and administrators have told me that demand for musical-theater training has risen steadily in the last 10 to 15 years: applications to college programs are increasing, and dance schools have seen musical-theater workshops overtake traditional jazz classes in popularity.
For a client I once set up an experiment in which those waiting in a movie theater line were greeted by smiling, attractive college students and offered free custom fudge and caramel Wonderbars on silver trays.