!Musicals@kbin.social (https://kbin.social/m/musicals) was active. Then kbin.social started having issues and it has been inactive for 5 months. Prior to that it was mostly just me and the mod posting.

The issue with musical theatre is that I spend a lot more time actually rehearsing for or working on theatre than I do talking about more discussable topics with strangers not working on the same production as me. Broadway news? Uhhhhh… (that's what the mod was posting). I'd be happy to reestablish it somewhere functional, but I have to figure out what I would post first. Maybe finding the mod's news sources and posting links, and asking how the commenters' productions are going? Audition tips? Posting their own performances is probably way less popular because these take place in a physical space and who worked on what gets documented in a program, also known as easy doxxing… The nature of it being a documented performance art makes it harder to post what you're working on, though I imagine a costume designer could post a costume and just not talk about where their production is or something… it is the performers (actors, pit members, etc.) that would have a harder time posting their work. Unless they post themselves practicing or rehearsing or something, but then it opens you to nasty "you suck" drive-by YouTube comment-style judgments… hence why I don't post my own performances.

Trying to think of stuff to post on !pkms@lemmy.blahaj.zone, !digitalgarden@lemmy.world, and !obsidianmd@lemmy.world. Will probably have to actively seek new stuff out.

The struggle of wanting a Fediverse community and being unable to make it because you don't know nearly enough about the subject, and gaining enough expertise takes time. Or you just don't know what would get posted. In addition to being into musical theatre I play instruments. Oh god what do I post. r/piano is so full of people performing that I just do not care about. I think the trouble with a lot of performing arts communities online is we're a bit busy you know… actually performing. Talking to your bandmate about this hard piece for the concert, about how you think the conductor is doing, etc. is cool and also often specific to your performance and not too good for discussion with strangers in my opinion unless it is a famous conductor or well-known piece. Same issue as the musical theatre stuff.