In the 1920s, someone got the bright idea that there was a way to create performing arts series in over a thousand small towns in the United States. To learn more about the brilliant concept and how it changed the face of the performing arts in this country, read here.
Read MoreIf one really wants to understand how the music business developed in the second half of the twentieth century, there is no better musical family to study that the Gomberg/Zazofsky clan. Their story and our family’s relationship to theirs provides a behind-the-scenes look that no history book can provide.
Read MoreMy Uncle Boris Goldovsky’s favorite opera was Mozart’s Don Giovanni and there was nothing more fun for me than playing first flute in his touring opera orchestra night after night, especially when he was on the podium conducting. I was 25 years old the first time I had occasion to so do.
Read MoreThe phantom of the opera knows all the nooks and crannies he used to inhabit. But what happens to his ability to roam the halls after a major renovation?
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