SO WHAT IF IT MAKES MONEY

Does Toronto have a theater crisis? The city is currently stuck with a glut of live-performance venues, with little or nothing to fill them and too few entrepreneurs willing to risk production dollars. The Canadian Opera Company is trying to raise $130 million to move out of its current home at the Hummingbird Center and build a new theater. Some want to tear the Hummingbird down. Others want to spend $30 million on fixing it up. What fuels the indignation of the Hummingbird’s management is that the 3,200-seat behemoth is actually generating a profit. (Indeed, it’s the only city-owned venue, including the Toronto Zoo, that’s in the black.) – The Globe and Mail (Canada)