Summer, for Hollywood, is usually the season of the big commercial blockbusters, the action movies that get the younger audiences out. But this summer promises to be different. “If it’s not the ‘revenge of the grown-ups,’ it’s certainly ‘the revenge of talent.’ Hollywood is starting to acknowledge the salability of quality.”
Tag: 05.09.04
Where Is Black Music In West End Theatre?
“Black artists are at the cutting edge of the music industry in Britain, but the West End has yet to play host to a show which celebrates their music. Some have blamed racism, others say that the black community are not theatregoers.”
Making The Moves On Steinway
“Accusations of hard-knuckled dealing continue to circulate among titans of the keyboard as Bösendorfer and other manufacturers mount renewed challenges to Steinway’s overwhelming dominance of the high-end piano market. Bösendorfer — a 175-year-old Austrian firm whose instruments were played by Liszt, Brahms, Dvorak and Bernstein — has now opened its first New York showroom and begun pushing to get its pianos more widely heard, and seen, on American concert stages. Bechstein — a venerable German maker whose 150th anniversary just coincided with Steinway’s — introduced a newly designed concert grand in January. A relative newcomer, Fazioli, is attracting a following among performers, some of whom are running afoul of Steinway in the process.”