We went to see the BalletMet Columbus production of Cinderella on Friday. It was well done we thought. [Full disclosure: The better half works for BalletMet though she has nothing to do with the professional company side of the operation.]

There is a bit of a to do over the fact that the company went with taped music instead of forking over the $56,000 it would have cost to employ the Columbus Symphony to do the job live. The musicians union is crying foul.

Forgive me but I'm having trouble feeling sorry for the unionized musicians making $50-60k when the ballet dancers themselves are lucky to make $25k.