Friday, April 16, 2010
A kinder, gentler touch
Variety: As a Texas-based right-wing corporate monolith, Clear Channel was never a great fit with Broadway. So when the company sold off its entertainment division in 2005 to focus on radio and billboards, Gotham's legit community didn't exactly crumble in tears at the loss of its investment money.
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It seems a bit unfortunate to me that the economy of touring theatre is such that any of these big companies have to exist. It would be nice if a show assembled its own production company and got its own contracts with venues and just went for it, but given that that's apparently untenable, I suppose it's good news that ClearChannel is moving away from a market for once.
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