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The notice came from a Seattle venue best known for being the home of our local ballet and opera companies, a place that generally programs highbrow acts.

It would be an irony worthy of Sondheim if, after a lifetime of being dismissed as too highbrow, his posthumous career suffered from commercial overexposure.

I never said my taste was all highbrow.

Criticism against inflated ticket prices turning these events into highbrow cultural experiences meant for only a few has been mounting, but there are other accessibility concerns as well.

But “Conclave” has the feel of the sort of highbrow picture that, over the years, has landed with Oscar voters.