The Dispatch wrote Players, presenters found ways to stay in the black
Sunday, July 6, 2008
BY MICHAEL GROSSBERG
Almost all leading arts groups in central Ohio balanced their 2007-08 budgets despite a worsening economy. Aside from the Columbus Symphony — which recently suspended operations when it ran out of money — the surprisingly positive pattern includes several arts groups that have struggled financially.
Most notably, Opera Columbus, hampered by a $1.2 million debt only two years ago, has ended its season with a surplus that should help whittle down a modest remaining cumulative deficit.
And BalletMet Columbus, whose leaders about a week ago feared ending the fiscal year with the company’s first major deficit, will balance its budget after all — with a little help from its friends.
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