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If the South Loop deal goes through, the site should be large enough to accommodate the theater’s already-designed interior configuration, but the exterior design would probably have to be adapted to the new site. No matter what happens next, the 12 organizations planning to call the theater home will have to wait at least several more years to move in. With the exception of Performing Arts Chicago, which admits to having some financial problems, the groups committed to the facility appear sound enough to weather the delay. When organizations were asked for usage commitments, PAC executive director Susan Lipman reportedly committed to only a few dates in the new theater, an expensive, unionized operation that would surely tax her organization’s resources.
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