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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stefano Esposito

Chicago’s theater community reacts to cultural arts ‘crisis’ report

Kevin Webb and Caitlin Jackson star in Kokandy Productions’ revival of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at Chopin Theatre. The production is the most successful in the company’s history even in the wake of the pandemic fallout. (Evan Hanover)

A devastating report last week on the crisis facing Chicago’s cultural arts community came as little surprise to people who work in the field and already have been dealing with the new reality for the past three years.

“People are just not doing what they used to when it comes to the arts, and this study proved it’s true,” said Margaret McCloskey, executive director of Remy Bumppo Theatre Company.

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