Of the city's independent theater companies, only the Lyric Stage has made it into its second decade. That troupe's lovely theater in the YWCA building on Clarendon Street, coupled with the fact that its mortgage already has been paid off, seems a miraculous achievement. There is clearly no lack of talent in town. But theater doesn't survive on talent alone. While cities across the country have renewed their commitment to creating and supporting arts centers, Boston's development boom has conspicuously ignored theaters.
Stagehands say the treadmill is still under the stage deck.
1911 - William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory appear with their troupe, the Abbey Theater Repertory for the opening of the Plymouth Theatre. 1946 - Unknown actor Marlon Brando is fired after his first performance at the Plymouth Theatre for overdoing a death scene. 1963 - Eager young unknown Dustin Hoffman insists on playing two roles in one Theater Company of Boston production, led by director David Wheeler, now with the American Repertory Theatre.