*Drucker out: Evidently the partership between legendary South Florida "impresaria" Judy Drucker and Albert Milano, the chief executive officer of the Concert Association of Florida that Drucker founded, didn't work. Drucker has left the organization; according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, it was under pressure from board members.
The Concert Association has run deficits the last couple of years. Milano, who has a long history of fundraising in the performing arts (including Miami-Dade County's Carnival Center), aims to change that. However, he's going to have to do it without the glitter Drucker brings to a concert lineup. Drucker's been friends with everybody who is anybody in classical music over the last 40 years, and has brought all of them to performance halls across South Florida. Add the Carnival Center's own financial problems (which Milano apparently had no part in), and it could be rough sledding in terms of scheduling top talent.
South Florida's already had a few cultural black
*Gleason out? Apparently not, as Live Nation takes over the Jackie Gleason Theater of the Performing Arts in Miami Beach. According to a Live Nation press release, the facility will now be called "The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater." Given Gleason's importance in bringing entertainment to Miami Beach, that's good. Now, Mr. Wayne Huizenga, how about Dolphins Stadium at Joe Robbie Plaza....make up for taking the name of the original Miami Dolphins owner and stadium builder off the building?
*Waterston promoted? Could Fred Thompson's presidential campaign mean a promotion for one of his "Law & Order" colleagues? Sam Waterston, who has played Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy for 13 seasons, may see his character become the District Attorney. With NBC's budget cuts, I wonder if he gets to keep the perks Arthur Branch (Thompson's character) had. Perhaps we know the real reason Thompson's running for president....
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