Article: When Hollywood goes Broadway.

Byline: Robert Kahn

Apr. 2--A torrent of wanna-be ticket holders paralyzed Telecharge computers last summer when word came that Julia Roberts would make her Broadway debut in "Three Days of Rain." Today, little more than two weeks ahead of opening night, seats still are available, "but only the lousy ones," according to an insider. Not even a pushy dame like Erin Brockovich could talk her way into this orchestra section.

Broadway is dependent on movie, TV and pop-music stars to generate interest in theater, and the announcement that the toothy, $20-million-a-picture leading lady would headline the generational family drama by Richard Greenberg ("Take Me ...

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