They said the invitation constituted performance art and served a social purpose by relieving passers-by of pent-up aggression.
As a system or technology, Facebook Live does not present a radical departure from the platform's original core of sharing and posting, but it does amplify the stakes, offering an invitation to performance that resonates precisely because, as Zuckerberg put it, "When you interact live, you feel connected in a more personal way".
Ms. Kranicke said she had gotten fewer invitations from performance venues, which she attributed to their wanting better-known groups.
These people said some executives in the "Spider-Man" camp were concerned that an invitation-only performance and a gala on the 15th could appear confusing and presumptuous if the opening were to be postponed.
The management team of "Spider-Man" has already made plans for the show on March 15 to be an invitation-only performance at 4 30 p.m., followed by an A-list gala at the Grand Hyatt New York, said three people with knowledge of the deliberations who spoke anonymously because the producers did not want information disclosed until a final decision was made.
A staff member at the National Theatre, where the band was to give the invitation-only performances, said the concerts had been cancelled but did not give a reason.
Ms. Beecroft provides the art world's current excuse for soft-core peeping, and her invitation-only performances are primarily occasions for exclusionary bonding, a fundamental art world right.
But by the late 1920s, the school's designers often chose exclusively lowercase lettering for its publications and invitations to performances and parties, as you can see in the wonderful "Bauhaus: Art as Life" exhibition, running through Aug. 12 at the Barbican Art Gallery in London.
An Invitation… is performance distilled to its essence.
It was an invitation to a performance not to be missed.
