And just like that – poof! – all remaining performances of Rock ‘n Roll Heaven are sold out. The highest average weekly gross of any show in Centre Stage history and, taken with the success of last year’s Country Queens, conclusive proof that concerts conceived, arranged and produced entirely in-house are bankable products. This October/November, […]
Inventorying my parents’ estate a few years ago, I was disappointed to discover how far they’d strayed from the eclectic interior decorating aesthetic of my childhood. I’d grown up with shoji screens and hammered brass and Danish modern furniture and virtually all of it was gone. Gone and replaced. With resin gnomes. With Thomas Kinkade […]
Rude fundraising professionals aside, this has been an uncommonly good week. I sold the Wheat Street house in Columbia, ending an eight-month process that included three failed closings. Rock ‘n Roll Heaven sailed over top-of-season revenue projections and posted its first sold-out performances. It dawned on me that the entire staff is excited about the […]
