Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
Houston area performing arts organizations have been making good use of social media by keeping stakeholders updated on damage estimates and related news. To that end, it appears that none of the larger budget organizations were spared although some fared slightly better than others.
Although news continues to develop, the Houston Grand Opera (HGO) and the Houston Ballet, which share space at the Wortham Theater Center, have suffered flooding damage from Hurricane Harvey at that facility. At the time this article was written, the HGO’s website has been out of service for two days and scattered reports have been coming in about known damage. In advance of the storm, the ballet moved costumes up to …