“I’ve always sipped something when writing lyrics, because it’s the words that are difficult. Writing music is hard, too, but you can always just sit at a piano and move your fingers around the keys – even if you’re not writing, you feel like you are. Lyric-writing is all sweat.”
Tag: 11.27.12
New Shakespeare Globe Theatre To Be Named After Founder Sam Wanamaker
“The venue is intended to be the most complete recreation yet of an indoor Jacobean theatre.”
DVR Use Now Accounts For 25 Percent Of TV Viewing In American Cities
“Playback on DVRs in the top 25 markets is outpacing the national average by about 25% in adults 25-54. Time-shifting accounted for an average of 24.5% of all same-day viewing in Nielsen’s Local People Meter markets vs. 19.8% on the national level.”
Broadway Box Office Roars Back After Sandy
“The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, released data Monday that showed most shows roared back from a post-Superstorm Sandy listlessness, pulling in $27,019,880 for the week ending Sunday, far better than the $20,881,272 earned during the seven-day period before.”
Minnesota Orchestra Musicians Say Board Deliberately Misled Public On Finances
“At a Monday news conference, Tim Zavadil, leader of the musicians’ negotiating team, questioned the board’s ‘hiding large deficits’ during the recession so as not to negatively affect fundraising for a new hall and a bonding request before the Legislature.”