Word: impresario
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Said Arizona's Barry Goldwater, upon resuming his seat in the U.S. Senate: "After what happened to me four years ago, I feel like the only kamikaze pilot who ever made a round trip." ∙∙∙ That steely impresario of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera, Rudolf Bing, has grown so used to skirmishes with the critics that his defenses have nearly become reflex actions. In announcing the six new productions he will mount at the Met next season, Bing simultaneously unleashed a blast at the waiting critics. "What is the press? Six or eight people with their...
...Hamburg State Opera under the guidance of Impresario Rolf Liebermann has developed into one of the most creative companies in the world. An opera composer himself (Penelope, School for Wives), Liebermann commissions two new operas a year, lets producers and directors follow their own imaginative flights. Currently, two new productions - a brilliant revival of Mozart's The Magic Flute and the premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's first major stage work in five years - are proving the wisdom of such artistic generosity...
...Godliness Skiffle Band, Frumious Bandersnatch, Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck, Dr. Humbead's New Tranquility String Band. They all headed for the farm owned by Divorcee Betty Nelson, a late-blooming flower child of 39 and, starting right then and there, Sultan's first rock impresario...
...goal set for the company in 1940 by its founder, Architect Richard Pleasant. Since then, however, Ballet Theater has all too frequently strayed off on a series of unrewarding paths. After Pleasant entered the U.S. Army during World War II, the company came under the direction of Impresario Sol Hurok, who attempted to re-create it as a new "Ballet Russe," with an endless parade of show boating guest stars. In the mid-'50s, Ballet Theater embarked on a dreary succession of new dances, most of which were forgotten when the curtain came down. In addition to continual confusion...
...This strike could last five years," growled Broadway Impresario David Merrick. 55, "and there'll be nothing left of the theater when it's over." By the second night of a strike by the Actors' Equity, Broadway was dark, and all 19 of its shows were closed. At that point, Mayor John Lindsay, an avid theater buff himself, made an entrance in answer to a union appeal, and hosted all-night negotiations at his Gracie Mansion residence. Finally, the surprise ending: settlement of the strike (terms: weekly wage increases of $15-$25, protection of U.S. actors against...