We’ve never been in the money - Time Out Chicago:
Common sense would indicate that live theater, that perishable art form already on America’s endangered-species list, stands little chance for survival in the post-Bush economy. Broadway is inarguably in crisis: Hitherto bankable enterprises Grease, Young Frankenstein, Hairspray, Spring Awakening, Spamalot and Gypsy will all shutter within the month of January. A study released by the National Endowment for the Arts in December tells us that the supply of nonmusical theater has outstripped the consumer demand for it. And print journalism, that de facto form of arts marketing that buoys consumer interest, continues to downsize; several of the country’s longtime theater critics have seen their jobs excised as casualties of professional journalism’s war with the Internet.
Why, then, are Chicago plays selling so well?
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