Theater is closer to Life than Film:

You are aware that what you are seeing in front of you is precious and will never occur again. 

You are aware of the off chance — however remote — that something totally unplanned can happen.

playing /bracket, assisting /bracky, talking /greatbooks

I often try to remind myself that I am incredibly lucky just to be alive at this moment when things in the world seem so precarious and consequential. 

But then, I think on it more and I bet everyone feels like their time is “so precarious and consequential”.