Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Willows Theatre Will Close November 30
Thirty-year-old Concord theater forced to close after ongoing financial problems.
Art Rachel Swan — Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:50 PM
A desperate spate of press releases, video blogs, and pleas for money weren't enough to save Concord's venerable Willows Theater, which will close at the end of this month after thirty years in operation. Director Richard Elliott blames declining ticket sales and scant donor funding -- both symptoms of the economic recession -- for the theater's imminent demise. In a press release e mailed earlier today, he called it a "painful decision." The theater's current production, Barefoot in the Park, will run through November 8 as scheduled. After that, the lights go out.
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Duly noted. The cabaret in Martinez will remain open, but the Concord theater will close this weekend.
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As the old man said in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, "I'm not quite dead yet."
In fact, The Willows is very much alive. The theatre company continues at its second location, the Willows Cabaret at the Campbell Theatre in Martinez. Hats: The Musical opens there on Nov. 23 and runs through Jan. 10. The Willows Cabaret is at 636 Ward Street in Martinez. Go to www.willowstheatre.org for full details. (It's all there in the press release.)
Thanks,
Gary Carr
Willows Theatre Publicist
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