Major performing arts groups around the country are facing unprecedented financial crises that have led to layoffs and cancellations of entire seasons as their once-loyal audiences flee in droves and donations dry up. | Entertainment
Even New York’s mighty Metropolitan Opera is in trouble, with its supporting guild announcing this week that it is shutting down after nearly a century of operation.
Transgender actor Angelica Ross during a photocall for his Broadway debut as “Roxie Hart” in the hit musical “Chicago” August 24, 2022 in New York City. The widespread carnage has garnered national attention, leading to finger pointing among the country’s cultural elite. Some theater leaders continue to blame COVID for their problems, saying that many theatergoers are still too scared to return or have lost the habit of live performance.
But their reasoning is falling flat as commercial Broadway has bounced back to pre-pandemic audience levels, while non-profit stages keep struggling., New York’s Public Theater recently laid off close to 20 percent of its staff and is drastically cutting back on its programming.
Longtime time ticket holders and other insiders with knowledge of the situation exclusively told Breitbart News that Garrett’s woke sermonizing and aggressive focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion alienated large swaths of the festival’s faithful audience as well as many of its small donors whose contributions collectively helped keep the organization afloat.L.A.
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