'Chicago theater needs to be a community again,' writes ChrisJonesTrib.
are of high quality now and even of local interest. That’s a big problem. The decline in audiences exists outside of Chicago: In recent weeks, I’ve gone to the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Barrington Stage Company in Massachusetts, as well as theaters in Connecticut and, of course, on Broadway. Rarely were these theaters as full as was routine prior to the pandemic.
You might say the history of Chicago theater, as in the industry as a whole, is disputed territory. You can find both nostalgists for the well-documented sense of community and mutual caring that has evaporated, and also those who want to tear it all down, using the reasoned argument it was always built on exploitation.
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