The stories of troubled arts institutions abound these days: the closing of the New York City Opera, the end of Shakespeare Santa Cruz and Theater of the Stars, the year-long standoff at the Minnesota Orchestra. That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure you can think of others. While the steady decline of City Opera and the intractable situation in Minnesota have been fairly well reported in the arts press, they'r…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 09:48AM on October 8, 2013