was six days away from opening at the Royal George before the COVID-19 shutdown of 2020. Then the Royal George itself, a commercial rental house with four venues just across Halsted from the Steppenwolf campus, closed for good in 2021 after nearly 37 years of operation.
So that’s one item off Harvey’s wish list. But Harvey and the rest of the Fine Arts team still have big plans. Right before we met, NPR announced that the popular quiz showwas leaving its longtime home at the Chase Auditorium on South Dearborn and taking up residence at the Studebaker; the first live taping there is scheduled for June 16. Wait Wait
coup. In an email, she explained, “Almost three years ago, our late building manager received a cryptic call about an NPR show interested in moving into our space. Knowing that I had a history with NPR through being a founding member on their young board Generation Listen , he called me; I immediately booked a flight home to Chicago to take the meeting. When I walked into the room, to our surprise, I knew the Senior Operations Manager of, Colin Miller. . . .
The renovations at the Studebaker actually began before Harvey took over back in 2014, but during our tour, he points out that a big part of what they’ve been focusing on is beefing up the technical infrastructure. “The most impactful but not visible portion of the renovation is all audio, video, and lighting and electrical. Berger Realty Group put some money into it as proof of concept six or so years ago, but it really in earnest hasn’t been a live theater since the late 70s.
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