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Could it now also establish a new financial base for legitimate theater?

The glamour that was once the movies and the legitimate theater has found a new home.

If they cannot make money as legitimate theaters, their future is bleak.

"There's something great about the intimacy of the legitimate theater," he says.

The great bulk of his work, however, has been in the legitimate theatre.

Throughout all of this he maintained his connection to the legitimate theater.

I sometimes think of changing over to the legitimate theatre.

His early career was spent in legitimate theater on and off Broadway.

His largest fame and first love has been the legitimate theater.

"We decided that the legitimate theater was a very desirable business for us," he said.