“With developing artists, everyone always says that the key is touring. But now all the money from your shows is just going to fill the gas tank.”
Tag: 07.22.08
Small Publishers Tote Up The Cost Of Amazon
“Small publishers get an amazing boost from selling on Amazon, in that it gives them instant worldwide distribution. Amazon should be applauded for the ease with which they grant access to this network. However, there’s a price for entering such a spectacular marketplace; one so steep that it could be argued that all the economic advantage goes to Amazon alone.”
A Long Ad In The Guise Of A Play
“The show isn’t, as its title might suggest, just another wacky Fringe wheeze devised by attention-seeking theatre-makers. It’s orchestrated by Pot Noodle themselves, in cahoots with the ad agency Mother – who together have decided that putting on a show in Edinburgh is the next step in selling dehydrated snacks to the masses.”
“Reality” TV Elle Takes On Broadway’s Legally Blonde
Bailey Hanks was “hand-picked by director Jerry Mitchell out of a group of 10 aspiring Elles on the MTV reality show Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods, which premiered in early June. The finale aired Monday night. Hanks replaces Tony-nominated Laura Bell Bundy Wednesday night, and runner-up Autumn Hurlbert will appear as one of Elle’s Delta Nu sorority sisters.”
Minnesota Orchestra Cancels Concert Because Of Money
The Minnesota Orchestra, citing future budget concerns, on Tuesday canceled its annual Lake Harriet bandshell concert, the finale for the venue’s music season.
Kay Ryan, “Outsider” Poet?
That’s how America’s new Poet laureate sees herself. “In truth, Ryan’s as much a part of the Establishment as her 15 predecessors in the honorary position. She published her first collection in 1983. What she lacks is a literary position in a university, teaching remedial English part time at a California college.”
Tickets To Royal Opera House Opening Night To Be Available Only To Tabloid Readers
Only readers of The Sun newspaper will be able to get tickets. “We have so many opportunities to open up our doors to more people and I’m thrilled that we’re able to invite those who have never been to the opera house before to experience a first night performance.”
The Secret Appeal Of Britain’s Most-Played Song
Bad Day by Daniel Powter has been the most played song in the UK over the past five years. What is it about this track and others that keep popping up everywhere we go?
Royal Opera House To Hit The Continent’s Movie Screens
“The autumn programme of 16 ballets and operas will be shown in at least 112 cinemas, including the Empire Leicester Square, the Vue and Odeon multiplex chains, and independent venues on the Continent. For the price of a cinema ticket, audiences will be able to watch live shows in ‘full surround sound’ as they are being performed in the opera house in Covent Garden, where tickets can cost £195 each.”
Broadway Producer Gladys Nederlander, 83
Mrs. Nederlander was a producer of nine Broadway shows between 1976 and 1993, most notably of a revival of “West Side Story” in 1980.