Posts Tagged ‘Great Performance Delusion’
Return of the Great Pumpkin…wait, no
A couple years ago, I wrote about something I called the Great Performance Delusion right around this time of year because it reminded me of one of my most treasured TV childhood Halloween memories: the Great Pumpkin. Enjoy: In the clip, Linus convinces Sally to wait with him in his pumpkin patch because once a [...]
Are You Waiting for the Great Pumpkin?
A year ago, I wrote a post called “Awaiting the Great Pumpkin, er, Great Performance.” It’s interesting for two reasons: first, because lots and LOTS of people had been reading it lately and I couldn’t figure out why. It was then I realized that as the Halloween season approached, people were searching on the term [...]
Necessary But Not Sufficient
You need air to breathe, but it’s not enough to survive. You need to be big to play in the NFL, but you need a lot of other things too. These are what’s known as ‘necessary, but not sufficient’ conditions. The Beatles sang that “All You Need is Love,” which is obviously wrong, but it’s [...]
Three Things Theatres (or anyone) Must Do to Survive and Thrive
I was very sad to hear that the Pasadena Playhouse, just a few blocks away from the Goldstar office, will be closing down and has already laid off the entire staff. (Of course, the building is still a historic landmark and will be used at some point by another performing organization, or a re-organized version [...]
Awaiting the Great Pumpkin, er, Great Performance
Washington Post writer Anne Midgette set off a very interesting discussion with her column about orchestra conductors and their value as business speakers. Here’s a key tidbit: “…to hold up orchestras, and their relationship with conductors, as a business model is to subscribe to an idealized view of classical music as a happy sphere of [...]
3 Ways to Do Paperless Ticketing for Live Shows
Today, Ticketmaster announced that it will make a form of paperless ticketing available for the upcoming Miley Cyrus tour (or is it the Hannah Montana tour? I’m so confused because I grew up in a time when the rockstars alternate personalities were between them and their therapists…) Anyway, the system that will be used, and [...]
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