Nonprofit Companies Enjoying, Well, Profits

While money is tight these days for nonprofit theaters nationwide, New York’s major nonprofits are financially stable by comparison, their leaders say. But they are becoming more aggressive about producing work that can sell tickets, as a hedge against the unpredictability of private donations and subscription renewals.

As a result, Broadway’s three nonprofit companies — Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center Theater and Roundabout Theater Co. — look more like profit-making, Tony-seeking hit factories these days.