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Since 1996, Kellogg has also been in charge of the New York City Opera, which performs at Lincoln Center in a 2,700-seat house whose stage is identical in size to that of Glimmerglass's 900-seat Alice Busch Opera Theater. This makes it possible for productions to be opened and polished in Cooperstown, then moved to New York City, where they can be seen by bigger audiences (and telecast over PBS). The two companies also share an ensemble of theatrically savvy young American singers, foremost among them soprano Lauren Flanigan, whose Olivier-like immersion in her roles...
...BUSCH GARDENS "Zoo Camp" (4) (Tampa...
...from the Universal and Disney camps. A Walt Disney World executive, alluding to the high-speed roller coasters at the center of I.O.A.'s promotion, calls them "theme rides without the theme." True enough for some rides. The Incredible Hulk Coaster is similar to slinky steel screamers in nearby Busch Gardens, though it has some jet-propulsive refinements. Another thrill ride, Dr. Doom's Fear Fall, is supposed to extract "raw human fear" from the brains of its strapped-in victims, but it's just a fresh version of the Big Shot, a four-G slingshot perched...
...warnings: "Orlando is now a zero-sum game," says Curt Alexander, an analyst with Media Group Research. "There will be bloodletting of biblical proportions." The theme-park glut promises bargains for consumers but a brutal shakeout that could pound the earnings of park owners Disney, Seagram (Universal) and Anheuser-Busch (Busch Gardens, Sea World...
Determined to loosen Disney's choke hold on area tourism, Seagram's Universal division bought an additional 1,900 acres in the area late last year. That's enough for two more parks. Anheuser-Busch's Sea World, the third big player in central Florida, is adding a splashy new park in which visitors will be able to swim with the residents. That interactive attraction is scheduled to open next year...