As the theater's actual infrastructure will grow to include two state-of-the art performance spaces, its business model will incorporate the online presentation of commissioned live art projects, a series of humanities events, the addition of at least two in-house producers and a push toward innovative partnerships.
(Dr. Astrov remarks half-mockingly that he's on a "liquid diet".) The set appears to expose the theater's industrial-looking infrastructure — that tree is framed by what looks like the entry to an old loading dock — but the wooden furnishings scattered around are period-appropriate.
"We have way too much consumer infrastructure — movie theaters, gambling casinos, resorts," he said recently.
But now that more money is being generated in Bombay, particularly by the film industry, the infrastructure of a theater community is beginning to take shape.
At its heart, Mr. Sun's speech heralded China's impending entry into the World Trade Organization and called for foreign investment in the country's media infrastructure, from opening theater chains to distributing videotapes and music recordings.
Netcare will generate returns on 35 private hospital beds that can serve patients with private insurance as well as by using government infrastructure, like radiology theaters.
Perelman Theater underscores that there is an infrastructure for culture as well as for transportation.
Through some weird blunder of capitalism, the theater chains have built a massive infrastructure and consumer culture for what is essentially a niche art form.
"The oldest theater in the city is married with the most advanced tech infrastructure for a venue of its size anywhere in the country," he said.
AMC, meanwhile, has launched its own competing service, bolstered by relationships with studios and the massive infrastructure that comes with being the world's largest theater chain.
