My parents were in town for about a week and a half, and we took advantage of their visit to make a pilgrimage to the Hollywood Bowl for the Gershwin festival. A few observations:
1. The conductor commented that, since Gershwin hadn't written enough music for orchestra to fill the programs for an entire five-night festival, the Phil had had to commission an arrangement of some of his work. So why didn't they have a four-night festival?
2A. The people behind us were very loud and rude.
2B. Ticketmaster (from whom I'm required to buy tickets, since I am not privileged to live within sight of the Hollywoodland sign) charges a service fee for selling me tickets. I've known that for awhile. What I'd never noticed before is that the more expensive the ticket is, the more Ticketmaster charges as a service fee. Hrmph.
2C. I would be more than happy to pay said fee if the lovely people of Ticketmaster would use their vast resources to pinpoint all of the loud and obnoxious people who order tickets and seat them in the same (bad) section.
3. Wayne Brady, of Whose Line? fame, holds his own surprisingly well onstage with opera stars.
I enjoy the Karate expertise of Mr. Brady!
Posted by: Dad at July 20, 2005 4:08 PM