AUSPICIOUS DEBUT FOR MARKET THEATER SERIOUS FUN TAKES CENTER STAGE WITH PAIR OF ADVENTUROUS ONE-ACTS

From: The Boston Globe | Date: April 20, 2001| Author: Ed Siegel, Globe Staff | Copyright information

CAMBRIDGE - The Boston area will usher in a rash of new theaters over the next few years. If each unveiling is as successful as Wednesday night's Market Theater debut, then we will be in for very exciting times hereabouts.

What an immaculate conception this was, starting with the Harvard Square theater itself, a cozy 100-seater where Grendel's Den used to be. (The restaurant is now downstairs with the bar.) With balconies overhead and a semicircular stage that can be removed, the room ...

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