It was a miracle. For the first time, St. Peter’s Square turned into a real pop concert venue Saturday (9/13) for the two-hour musical showcase co-directed by Andrea Bocelli and Pharrell Williams called Grace for the World.
If not for Christine Stevenson, the Hollywood Bowl, the crown jewel of American outdoor music venues, would never have existed. The Philadelphian born into the Pittsburgh Paint Company fortune used her healthy inheritance to bankroll art in its grandest forms: theaters, pageants, and eventually a hillside amphitheater in Los Angeles.