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Article: Hanover sets stage for March 14 opening; Backers hope theater spurs downtown renaissance.(NEWS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- January 13, 2008
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Byline: Shaun Sutner
WORCESTER - Despite weeks of construction delays, officials involved with the $30.4 million Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts are promising that work is on track for a March 14 grand opening of the renovated theater, possibly with singer James Taylor as the inaugural act.
Behind the scenes, prospective developers are already showing interest in buying and renovating nearby buildings in the long run-down Federal Square area to turn into restaurants and other businesses for the upscale theater crowd - which, if plans come to fruition, would fulfill theater backers' dreams of a renaissance in the downtown neighborhood.
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