What’s more, Ms. Gelsone said, “I have to find out how many people are going to be in the audience, because I have to know how hot the house is going to be.”Why? “It’s hard to slow people down enough in the street to enjoy a moment of poetry,” Mr. Bloom said. The show has tried to capture some of the feeling of viewing Mr. Wurtzel’s air sculptures in a museum. “Initially we were worried, ‘Is this piece too long?’” Mr. Bloom said. We can’t do that outdoors.”Of course, that’s not the only thing that keeps “Air Play” indoors, he added: “We can’t do this outdoors because it would blow all over the place.”

Source: New York Times March 21, 2018 15:11 UTC