A sip of champagne, a high end sponsor, a VIP crowd . . . theatres and concert halls are starting to feel like airport business lounges. The results could be disastrousTheatres, concert halls and opera houses have, over the years, modelled themselves on various institutions: sometimes a form of parliament, where the community gathers to witness the posing of key questions for a society; sometimes a secular church, wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM on May 10, 2011