Article: Civic Theater looks at leaving `jewel box'

No matter what happens to the Green Bay Packers, the seats at Lambeau Field stay comfortably filled. It would be unthinkable if it were otherwise.

Community theaters, however, are not so blessed. The Packers' drive to Super Bowl XXXI last season played hob with community theater attendance. So powerful was the Pack's pull that theaters throughout the metropolitan area canceled conflicting performances on Super Sunday.

This Sunday is free day for the theaters. The Packers have a bye. Betsy Folsom, producer at the Waukesha Civic Theater, is sorry that she didn't match her schedule with the Packers. The Civic Theater will be as empty as Lambeau Field this Sunday. In the next few weeks, ...

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