Just to let you know that those "huge job cuts" were zero and under 20 employees took early retirement. The Seaport has added no new buildings in years except for upgrading Rossie Mill. It's hard times for most museums and very hard times for living history museums. People no longer like to get sand on their shoes and their designer handbags wet. Look around you-cuts in business and downsizing is everywhere.
With the Homeland Security Act firmly in place it is difficult to get foreign acts in and out of the country. Work visas and Social Security paper chases can put performers and institutions in a scramble.