Florida Philharmonic Extends Deathwatch Deadline

The Florida Philharmonic didn’t make its self-imposed deadline of raising $20 million by Friday; it came up with only $3 million. So is it filing for bankruptcy, as threatened? Not quite. The orchestra has stopped selling tickets for concerts after next weekend, said it needs to raise $4 million to keep going instead of $20 million. And it extended a self-imposed deadline for a bankruptcy filing. “The Philharmonic’s board has authorized management to shut down the symphony `as early as May 10 . . . unless there is a groundswell of public support providing immediate commitments of at least $4 million’.”