Drury Lane looks to stage a revival; New exec seeks balance of tradition, 'surprises'.(News)(Kyle De Santis new executive planning for the success)

Crain's Chicago Business | September 10, 2007| | Copyright

Byline: H. LEE MURPHY

The show goes on-with a retooled producing formula-at family-owned Drury Lane Theatres, which has lost two top executives since summer started.

In June, Drury Lane founder Tony De Santis, who staged his first shows under a tent in south suburban Evergreen Park after World War II, died at age 93. His successor as president and executive producer of Martinique Drury Lane Partnership Inc. was his daughter Diane Van Lente, who died in August at 57 of ovarian cancer.

Now, a third generation of the family is controlling the ...

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