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New plays are the fuel that replenish the American theater, energy for a living art form that reflects, entertains and provokes audiences.
Sometimes, they take off like wildfire: Nilo Cruz' "Anna in the Tropics," for instance, got high-profile productions at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton and other major regional theaters in California and Chicago after its debut in Coral Gables, Fla., in October 2002. Those commitments were made even before the play won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize and then moved to Broadway.See the full content of this document
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Network Nurtures New Plays
More typically, though, new plays face a far greater struggle after their first productions. Theaters eager to tout a world premiere just don't see the same kind of cachet - or marketing value, in the risky worl...
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