In the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop is struggling until she starts baking Sweeney Todd’s murder victims into her meat pies. Customers eagerly line up outside the shop to purchase Ms. Lovett’s
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Court Vacates FinCEN’s Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule
When I saw Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway, it was interesting to see the orchestra placed above and behind the stage so it became part of the audience’s visual experience. In most musicals, the orchestra is in an orchestra…
Leaving the Land of No
Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto is one of the pillars of the violin repertoire. When Tchaikovsky wrote his violin concerto, he dedicated it to Leopold Auer, one of the leading violinists of his day. But Auer refused to perform it.Tchaikovsky had written…
Rent Control – What the Data Doesn't Show
La Bohème is Giacomo Puccini’s opera about young artists trying to build lives in Paris in the 1830s. The opera also serves as a basis for Jonathan Larson’s musical Rent, which brought the artists to New York’s East Village in…
Boilerplate: Behind the Scenes, but Critical to Success
A recent New York Times article describes the crucial role of a 16-member team at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Those individuals aren’t onstage, but they’re not entirely behind the scenes either. Concertgoers see them briefly, depend on them completely, and then…
Musician Fundraising – From Busking to Internet Crowdfunding
Musician Maria Schneider had a band and a creative vision, but she needed capital to bring her vision to life. Busking wouldn’t produce the money she needed. So, rather than turning to record labels for financing, in 2003, Schneider became…
SEC to Revisit Safe Harbor for Finders
In 2013, PBS aired Orchestra of Exiles, a documentary by Academy Award nominated director Josh Aronson about the formation of what became the Israel Philharmonic. The film shows that the orchestra’s first performance, in Tel Aviv on December 26, 1936,…
Music Fundraising, Orange Groves, and Securities Laws
Why Rent Control Doesn’t Solve Housing Problems
In 2018, the Royal Theatre was relying on government funding that hadn’t been increased in 21 years and 30-year-old rent structures that were not profitable. To address its financial challenges, the theatre decided to significantly increase the rent for its…
Why Securities Issuers Should Emulate Marian the Librarian Rather Than Harold Hill
The Music Man first opened on Broadway in December 1957. It was wildly successful, winning five Tony awards, including Best Musical (for which it edged out West Side Story, which had opened a few months earlier). The Music Man’s cast…