“It’s unclear whether the labour action has already had an impact on Canadian box offices. Americans are leery of heading to Toronto’s entertainment district as it is, Karastamatis said, because of confusion over passports and fear of hassles at the border.”
Tag: 11.12.07
Taking Refuge In Diversity
“As the debut production of Song of Houston, a broad effort to bind the innovative 52-year-old Houston Grand Opera to the community through a series of cultural events, Saturday’s performances, including a free matinee, attracted many first-time operagoers, some in native dress.”
“Ray Charles Live” Is DOA
“Baldly designed to rake in the dough, this latest jukebox effort provides less pleasure than one has come to meagerly expect from the form — even with a catalog that can more than hold its own against any pop-chart icon’s.”
Andrea Bocelli At The Met?
Nah. He was just “testing acoustics.” “The blind tenor, who is friends with Met general manager Peter Gelb, sang some Italian art songs on the main stage on Nov. 2, Met assistant manager Elena Park said Friday. While the Met isn’t looking to cast Bocelli in an opera, he could sing an out-of-season piano recital, Park said.”
Report: Hollywood Lost $1.9 Billion On 2006 Releases
“Analyzing the 132 pics distributed by the U.S. majors in 2006, it estimates a pre-tax operating loss of $1.9 billion. That compares with a profit of $2.2 million for all new studio releases in 2004.”
Physically Demanding, Virtuosic, And There’s An Audience
Australian Dance Theatre champions a breed of dance that’s “gut-wrenching athleticism, with the ballistic leaps, twists and tumbles of a method Gary Stewart has called ‘extreme movement’, enhanced by training in martial arts, gymnastics, breakdance and yoga as well as classical ballet and contemporary dance.