Oh... One more NYMF observation...
My friend, Mark, who ended up at The Last Starfighter on Friday afternoon with me, said he was "surprised" that NYMF was happening this year. Surprised? Mark is someone who takes his "culture" seriously. He attends the TriBeCa Film Festival, NewFest LGBT Film Festival, the opening week of the spring repertory at the Met, Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center, etc., etc., etc. -And he's fortunate to be in a position where he will actually take a week to ten days off from work to catch as much as possible during those festivals. (He gave up on the Fringe Festival years ago when it just became too big a venture to cover in 10 days or less.) Well, he didn't catch drift of NYMF this year until it was well underway. Yes, there were ads on the phone booths and trash cans all over town, but he didn't realize it had started up until he saw, of all things, the ad for Roller Derby in the Times. How "ironic" is that? -If "ironic" is the correct word to use here.
Admittedly, he doesn't check out sites like Playbill.com and Broadwayworld.com each and every day, so... But he also did not see much advance coverage this year of NYMF in the New York Times. Nor did he recall seeing any major display ad for NYMF itself. Does anyone know if NYMF took out an ad in The New York Times this year?