Last week, we broke several non-musical attendance records. Best opening night, best opening week, best first matinee. This week, reservations are trending down. It would be a mistake to blame our reversal of fortune on bad reviews, though. If the 500 people who saw the show last week had talked it up, we’d be feeling […]
Yesterday, Centre Stage confirmed the rumor that BJ Koonce will resign from her current position as executive director. She’ll continue to work with me on marketing projects and with the board on fundraising projects and, for a while, with her worthy successor, Glenda ManWaring, on the transition. “I’ll still be around,” she says. No doubt. […]
Our Leading Lady opened yesterday. 178 seats sold, breaking the first night record for a non-musical. Fiddle, guitar and Civil War reenactors at the reception. Baked brie and sausage grits. Artisan beer flowing like … beer. The Greenville News review didn’t run this morning as it should have, but the Ubertati.com review did. It was […]
