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Article: Theaters missing black patrons.
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- The Chicago Reporter
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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The ticket prices, location and programming of Chicago theaters might be keeping blacks away, according to members of Chicago's theater community.
Most of the city's theater spaces are located on the North Side, according to lists of known theater spaces in Chicago provided by The League of Chicago Theatres and the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Department of Buildings.
"It's difficult to get African Americans to show up at theaters and watch plays," said Aaron Freeman, a longtime Chicago actor and improviser who is black.
But some say more African Americans would go to theaters if more were located in their communities, ...