Talk:Regional theater in the United States

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Question

What, exactly, is the parenthetical comment after the first sentence of this article? I'm not sure about the way the site works, but isn't there some sort of editing process?

"-er" vs. "-re"

I know that there is some rather dated & extensive discussion somewhere in Wikipedia about the "-er/-re" thing, but the following sentence (added July 2007) needs a credible reference: "It should be noted that, in the United States, the correct spelling of live stage theater is 're', while a motion picture theatre is spelled with the inverted 'er'." Bfx12a9 19:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removing sentence noted above. Because The New York Times Guide to Style and Usage lists "theater" as the spelling it uses, I don't understand how a blanket, uncredited assertion of "correctness" can be made (not that The Times is the arbiter of "correctness" - only that it shows that at least one major publishing company disagrees). Bfx12a9 22:31, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regional is not same as LORT (and other errors)

This article is wildly inaccurate and incomprehensible on many levels beginning with LORT and Regional Theatre ARE NOT THE SAME!!!! Problems are compounded because it is not referenced. Unless I hear otherwise, I am going to nuke the article with a total rewrite and breakout LORT into its own article. Americasroof (talk) 16:04, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. This first paragraph is a mess. While there are non-profit "Broadway" theaters like Lincoln Center, they would never be referred to as "regional". Neither would off or off-off bway. Regional theaters serve a region. They are theaters located throughout the country, that each have a "catchment" and draw their audiences, generally, from that region. Though many of them operate under the LORT contract, the term "regional theater" has little to do with "LORT", as many regional theaters are commercial, rather than non-profit, and the LORT contract is not reserved for theaters in "the regions". The first paragraph also seems to imply (or even define?) a Regional Theater as any professional theater (i.e. one that "pays its staff and performers"). That is grossly inaccurate. -Hagop June 28,2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.60.16.210 (talk) 17:47, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]