Last year, the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra tried something new: three performances of music from Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” films.
The elaborate, expensive production featured plentiful effects and a big orchestra. And it lost $70,000 in a single weekend, Executive Director Jane Kenworthy should.
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