The 75-year-old Catlow has been on the market since late summer,but no takers have been found at its $2-million-plus asking price.Northfield, IL-based National Realty Network broker Kris Keller noformal offers have been received, though he has had a "lot ofdiscussions with a lot of different people."

An area resident who has sat in on meetings concerning thetheater's future, Keller welcomes the possibility of avillage-backed purchaser.

"Saving the Catlow to me has to be the biggest no-brainer thevillage of Barrington has ever had," Keller tells GlobeSt.com."Think about what's happening to businesses in Downtown Barrington.The Downtown is hurting. If you were to add live performances, with300 or 400 people going to them on a Friday or Saturday night,people would go out to restaurants, too. You add that many peoplewandering around Downtown Barrington, there's not one single thingthey could do that's better than this."