“The orchestra is not just making a financial comeback, it is jetting forward in its still-continuing 2010-11 season, setting sales records and attracting first-time attendees… To explain its standout success at the box office, symphony leaders point to more accessible programming, especially the introduction of its multimedia Inside the Score series, and an overhaul of its marketing.”
Tag: 04.30.11
Convicted Livent Execs Argue For New Trial
“Theatre heavyweights Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb argued at trial, and continue to argue on appeal, that some of their accounting staff perpetrated the fraud without their knowledge.”
Are We In A Higher Education Bubble?
“In 1940, there were 1.5 million college students in America; in 2006, there were 20.5 million. In X’s opinion, a glut of degrees has led to a spurious inflation of the credentials required for many jobs.”
China’s Artists Recruited To Make Corporations Cool
“Like its counterparts elsewhere, this arty crowd sometimes looks and acts unconventional — but it’s not with political ends in mind. These young artists tend to set aside politics for commerce, and the promise of attractive paydays from foreign businesses.”
The Promotional Author – Branding Vs. Literature
“In this era when most writers are expected to do everything but run the printing presses, self-promotion is so accepted that we hardly give it a second thought. And yet, whenever I have a new book about to come out, I have to shake the unpleasant sensation that there is something unseemly about my own clamor for attention. Peddling my work like a Viagra salesman still feels at odds with the high calling of literature.”
Winnie Mandela Opera A Hit In South Africa
“Seventeen years after apartheid’s collapse, the reaction to the opera seems to suggest that the wounds of the liberation battle are finally healing. The work is a balanced and nuanced look at the life of a contradictory woman who played a key role in the struggle. But it also uses humour and quirky characters for entertainment value – and the audience loved it.”
Hollywood Notices Surge In Older Audiences (And It’s Paying Attention)
“Historically, Hollywood has more or less shunned older viewers, who tended to buy fewer concessions than younger audiences, and took in a movie only once, maybe twice, a year. But in the last 18 months, studios, cinema operators and movie distributors have tracked a surprising surge in ticket sales among the 50-plussers.”