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COPYRIGHT 2007 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc.
Standing in line for tickets the other night at the Carnegie Hall box office, one could not be faulted for wondering: Why do so many observers of the cultural scene fret about older subscription audiences when tonight, for example, the lobby was filled with so many young men in attractive evening gowns? Admittedly, this was not a scientific survey, and yet there was a pleasant suspicion: Was Emanuel Ax drawing, at last, on an ever-widening transvestite fan base? If so, good for him!
But, then, you know how it is––you pocket your tickets and go your own way, this time to see the jazz trio the Bad Plus, over at Zankel Hall, Carnegie's midsize jewel box for recitals and "special" performances....
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