On this day in 1992 the Metropolitan Opera presented a [disastrous] new production of Elektra.
The New York City Opera has become an elusive “now you see it, now you don’t” presence in the New York opera scene since the departure of main sponsor and chairman of the board Roy G. Niederhoffer in 2019.
Can we start by not using Barbra Streisand as a polestar here?
The characteristics that made Katharine Hepburn‘s performance in A Delicate Balance work so well do her a disservice here.
It’s high time we see Funny Girl through a different lens.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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