Met Opera Faces Financial Crisis Amid 90th Birthday
The Metropolitan Opera, entering its 90th year, warns it may not reach its centennial while carrying a $2.8 million deficit and a $5.5 million working capital shortfall. Despite high artistic quality, costs rise and tickets, endowments, and grants struggle to cover a $24 million annual budget. ongoing contract talks loom for 1975.
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Theater listings for Tuesday at Paramount and local houses
Theaters show Walking Tall at Paramount 7 30 and 9 40. Iowa offers Your Three Minutes Are Up with multiple daily showings from 1 50 to 9 50 and shorts at 1 30 3 30 5 30 7 30 9 30. World presents Little Big Man at 1 5 9 35 and A Man Called Horse at 3 15 and 7 35. Other venues run Romeo and Juliet 2 4 20 6 45 9 15. Plaza presents A Touch of Class at 7 30 and 9 40. Stage 1 shows American Graffiti at 7 45 and 9 50. Stage 2 Bang the Drum Slowly at 7 50 and 9 45. Stage 3 The Naked Ape at 8 and 9 40. Stage 4 Just Be There at 7 40 and 9 35. Eastown 1 Ace High at 7 and God Forgives I Don t at 9 15. Eastown 2 Poseidon Adventure at 7 15 and 9 25. Marion features at 11 1 3 5 7 9. Collins Little Cigars Mob at 8 and Swedish Flygirls at 9 50. Twixt Town The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing at 8 and Slither at 10 05. Twin West Cheerleaders at 8 and Fritz the Cat at 9 35. Twin East Karade the Hong Kong Cat at 8 05 and Last House on the Left at 9 55.
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