“Buoyed by efforts to broaden its audience and attract younger patrons, the Cleveland Orchestra said its 2012-13 Severance Hall season-ticket sales revenue is on track to set a record, driven by the best-ever ticket sales in November and December.”
Tag: 01.14.13
Superstar Crime Novelist Stuck In Her Own Courtroom Drama
“For more than two decades crime writer Patricia Cornwell has dramatized the life of a fictional medical examiner in her bestselling books. Now she is witnessing her own personal drama unfold in court.”
Sharon Olds Wins TS Eliot Poetry Prize
“Sharon Olds, the US poet whose work has pushed the boundaries of writing about the body, the emotions, and intimacy, was the unanimous choice of the judges for her collection, Stag’s Leap.” The £15,000 award is “for the best new collection published in the UK and Ireland.”
Carlos Acosta, Ballet’s Top Sex Symbol, Publishes First Novel
“After enthralling audiences around the world with his dancing, Carlos Acosta is making his entrance on to a different stage with a debut novel, Pig’s Foot, which has been picked as one of the most important literary debuts of the year by Waterstones.”
Paul Taylor Co. Celebrates With $5 Tickets
“The Paul Taylor Dance Company … will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Mr. Taylor’s Brandenburgs and Speaking in Tongues by selling $5 tickets to the March 6 performance of the two dances in four separate pop-up shops across Manhattan.”
Minnesota Orchestra Cancels Yet More Concerts
“The Minnesota Orchestra has canceled one more weekend of concerts, Feb. 14-15, and pushed another event into the 2013-14 season. … If there is a silver lining in Monday’s announcement, it is that the cancellations did not extend through the entire month of February.”
Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Museum Gets New Director
“The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo’s modern and contemporary art museum, announced on Monday that Janne Sirén, director of the Helsinki Art Museum in Finland, will become its next director. Dr. Sirén is believed to be the first director from the Nordic region to take the helm of a major American art museum.”
Aw C’mon! It’s Just Too Easy To Hate Musicals
Lyn Gardner: “It’s probably true that a bad musical … is harder to endure than a bad play, but that’s only because there’s so much more to get right (and which can go wrong). Bad musicals are uniquely memorable, which is why it’s easy to compile a musical hall of shame. But these things are complicated. Plays more often get a chance to be re-staged and reassessed.”
Condé Nast Makes A Move On Authors’ Movie Rights
“Condé Nast, whose magazines are battling a punishing business environment, wants to capture more of the film and television profits, which previously went to writers who owned the rights to these works.”
Girl Power – Women Dominate At Golden Globes
“Female wunderkinds of every age seemed to dominate the night.”