“The New York City Opera has suspended plans for next season as it takes a hard look at its business model, including exploring cheaper alternatives to its current home at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.”
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Edward Bigelow, 93, Longtime New York City Ballet Dancer And Manager
“Although Mr. Bigelow performed as a dancer from 1946 through the 1960s, he was also known as a versatile aide-de-camp to both Lincoln Kirstein and Balanchine, City Ballet’s founders. He became an assistant to Balanchine in 1949 while still a dancer, was a production assistant from 1951 to 1977 and had the title of manager from 1978 to 1987.”
Ticket Scalpers – They’re Just Agents Of The Invisible Hand
“Why such disdain for scalpers? Why such pleasure at their discomfort? Economists have been pointing out for ages that tickets to events are commodities like any other and that resellers merely create a market allowing the price of such goods to reflect supply and demand.”