十八世纪,第一批正式剧场在美国东部城市纷纷开张之时,美国各家日报上的定期戏剧批评专栏也随之诞生,其中领衔者当属《纽约时报》。直到二十世纪末期,报纸一直主导着美国的戏剧批评。这个情况随着电视的兴起,尤其是随着互联网的兴起,发生了明显的变化。当今,戏剧批评的功能已很大程度上被网络博客“接手”。与纸质批评相比,网络批评有时候更为专门化。因为互联网,戏剧批评能得到更为广泛的传播,戏剧作品因此能够更自由地寻找到各自最适合的受众群,对这门艺术的发展而言,这是一个福音。显然,新电子时代的戏剧批评将会是美国以及其他国家戏剧活动的重要组成部分,但是戏剧批评发挥作用的方式也会与往日不同,因为过去的戏剧批评是和占主导地位的纸质文化紧密地联系在一起的。 In the eighteenth century, when the first formal theaters were opened in the eastern cities of the United States, regular drama criticism columns were also produced in various daily newspapers in the United States, of which the leader was the New York Times. It was not until the late twentieth century that the newspaper dominated theatrical criticism in the United States. This situation with the rise of television, especially with the rise of the Internet, significant changes have taken place. Today, the function of drama critics has been largely “blogged” by weblogs. Web criticism is sometimes more specialized than paper criticism. Because of the wider dissemination of theatrical critiques on the Internet, theatrical productions are therefore freer to find their most suitable audiences, which is a boon to the development of this art. Apparently, the dramatic criticism of the new electronic age will be an important part of the theater activities in the United States and other countries. However, the way drama critics work will also be different from the past because dramatic criticism of the past is tied to the dominant paper culture Linked together