“With the U. S. economy in tatters and neither investors nor ticket buyers rushing to part with cash, Broadway producers are also seeing red: Hit shows are playing to half-filled houses, while investment capital for all but the safest bets is drying up.”
Tag: 11.06.08
Classical Fiend Tries To Become Rock Chick
The Guardian‘s Charlotte Higgins, who as a teenager “lay on my bed moodily listening to late Beethoven or Shostakovich quartets,” got tired of saying “I don’t do pop.” She tries out five gigs and tells us about it – from indie-folkster Bon Iver (she uses the phrase “invernal forlornness” and leaves “feeling elated”) to Metallica (which gives her “nauseous, pounding dreams”).
Sci-Fi Giant Michael Crichton Dies At 66
The immensely successful author/screenwriter/director – responsible for The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Westworld and the television series ER, among dozens of other properties – died Tuesday “after a courageous and private battle against cancer.”