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Article: Theater in Beirut opens as artists try to again make city capital of Arab culture. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- January 4, 1995
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BEIRUT _ The lights went out on Masrah Beirut theatre not so long ago. The government's electricity department, struggling to undo the damage of more than 15 years of war, overhauled the electrical current supplied to this seafront quarter of West Beirut, switching over from 110 volts to 220 volts.
No one bothered to warn the theater. Thousands of dollars in equipment was damaged. But for the crew, bent on returning artistic enlightenment to what once claimed to be the center of Arab culture, it didn't take long to turn the spotlight on again.
The opening of Masrah Beirut is a landmark for Lebanon. It is one more sign that this country is finally ...