Dark Nights Ahead for Northlight?
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Northlight board members apparently have been to find alternative spaces in which to produce the 1990-91 season. Options in Evanston are severely limited. The Coronet theater, a former cinema, seems one of the most likely prospects at the moment, though the theater has little or no backstage space and office space would have to be rented in another building. Other theater companies have mounted shows at the Coronet, but it has not really been established as a viable location for live theater. Northlight is looking at several other Evanston spaces too, and Morgan did not rule out the company’s moving to a better site in Skokie or another northern suburb. Ideally the company would raise enough money to build its own new theater complex. Northlight attempted to raise funds for a new home several years ago but could not secure financing in time to meet various deadlines.
Cinemas Singing Box-Office Blues
