Chicago Opera Theater’s Night of Horrors
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But their problems weren’t over. The Idomeneo cast also found itself competing for the audience’s attention with a group of kids playing on noisy fire escapes outside the theater. After the show, around 11 PM, someone decided to activate the theater’s fire alarm, a move that sent remaining cast members rushing pell-mell from their dressing rooms into the cold winter’s night.
As of late last week, COT had collected approximately $386,000 of the needed $600,000. General manager Mark Tiarks said the company is moving ahead with plans for the second opera of the season, Madama Butterfly, but those plans could be canceled, says Tiarks, depending on what the money situation is as of March 15.
Medley Malady
