For The Hamburg Ballet The Show Doesn T Go On

The first reports, on February 19, that the Harris Theater for Music and Dance had been shut down by a fire got a gut reaction from me.

So the idea of a fire there is alarming.

Also canceled, but rescheduled: Chicago Opera Theater’s staging of Duke Ellington’s “street opera,” Queenie Pie, which was to begin its second weekend of performances February 21 but will instead run March 19, 20, and 23, and Music of the Baroque’s “Handel & Bach—Italian Style,” now set for April 21. A Joffrey Academy of Dance awards program moved to another venue. Last week only the dates for an Alonzo King LINES Ballet program and a noon-hour “Eat to the Beat” performance remained TBD.

First among the Harris’s goals for the next decade: to “become further recognized internationally for its ongoing commitment to artistic excellence, innovation and courageous exploration.”