READY FOR TAKE-OFF

  • New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company raised the curtain this week on the $25-million restoration of its Broadway home – the controversially renamed American Airlines Theatre. “As for the protests that accompanied the theatre’s renaming after a corporate donor, [RTC Artistic Director Todd] Haimes said he was comfortable with his decision, and was amply prepared for the outcry. ‘Within five years all the theatres will be renamed for corporations, and no one will notice.’” – Theatre.com