Pamela Rosenberg will become the only woman currently running a major American opera house. – The San Francisco Chronicle
Tag: 09.29.99
WHO NEEDS A TEACHER?
A new Texas company is selling what it calls “interactive sheet music” that helps a student understand music the way a composer intended. – The Oregonian
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA gets go-ahead –
– to build a new 19,000-seat amphitheater, set to open in 2001. – The Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)
CLASSIC INACTION
Why is it that Detroit can’t rate a classical music radio station? – Detroit Free Press
LOOK AT ANY MODERN CONCERT PROGRAM –
– and you’d conclude that Russian music didn’t exist before the 19th century and Glinka. Not so. – Financial Times
CULTURAL COMMITTEE LIVES
California’s Lt. Governor plans to form a committee to investigate diversity in the entertainment industry. Los Angeles Times
IT’S CLASSIC
Shrinking profits and rising costs are making movie studios cautious about their new projects. Variety
THE REVOLUTION WILL BE BROADCAST
Bill Gates enters interactive TV big-time with some major alliances. Web TV goal: make interactivity a must-have for producers and programmers. Variety
DRAMAS UP SITCOMS DOWN:
The Big Four TV networks still lost some viewers for “premiere week” compared to last year – but the strategy of more dramas/fewer comedies seems sound. Los Angeles Times
AND: Hispanic-led boycott to blame for ratings drop? Houston Chronicle 9/29/99
ALSO: Dallas Morning News says if you factor in UPN network, premiere week audience actually went up a bit. Dallas Morning News 9/29/99
BROADWAY MAY STILL BE THE CENTER
of the theater world. But its plays are made elsewhere – a serious look at the fall season. MSNBC