I recently thought to myself, who needs yet another overly cerebral, highly jaded heterosexual drag queen like me blathering about the upcoming Metropolitan Opera season on the internet? So I thought we’d let the my future wife and her soon to be mother-in-law have a go solo. Elizabeth – Ticket exchange for Met subscriptions began… [Read More]
General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera Rick Santorum Addresses Upcoming Season
General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera, Rick Santorum, addressed a crowd of reporters and well-wishers at Lincoln Center Plaza this past week. “My personal late night internet research has revealed to me that the last couple of seasons at the Metropolitan have caused Nathan Gunn and his vocal folds to go off half cocked. This… [Read More]
1980’s Sitcom Character Monroe Ficus Publicly Repudiates Actor Jim J Bullock
Actor Jim J Bullock was unavailable for comment after the fictional character he played for 4 years from 1983-1987 on Too Close For Comfort publicly repudiated the actor at a hastily called press conference in an abandoned pool near Tarzana CA. Not since TJ Hooker publicly burned William Shatner’s wig on television in 1992 has… [Read More]
What’s Wrong With the Metropolitan Opera Online Survey?? A Lot.
Last week after finally obtaining a subscription to the Metropolitan Opera—and clearing up error after error (in call after draining call) —I received an email requesting I answer a survey from the Met. It warned me that it would take up to 20 minutes to complete. That’s a fairly long time for a survey, but… [Read More]
Why The Met Is Failing (And It Ain’t Just Artistic)
It’s no secret Peter Gelb and the Metropolitan Opera are trying to court a younger audience. Both its advertising campaigns as well as the Met’s Live in HD broadcasts are hoping to snare a wider and younger audience. I thought of this at the last opera I attended there, Macbeth, as I sat in a… [Read More]
