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Boston's Changing Theater Scene

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The American Repertory Theater welcomes a new Executive Director today, Diane Quinn, who joins the group after 11 years with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.

The new hire is the latest in a series of shifts in the Boston theater scene: from the parting of ways between Boston University Theater and the Huntington Theater Company, to the end of CitiBank's sponsorship of the Wang and the Shubert, to the temporary closing of the Colonial.

And yet, the city still has plenty of vibrant shows from the Huntington's "A Confederacy of Dunces," to SpeakEasy Stage Company's Casa Valentina, to the Boston Ballet's seasonal classic, "The Nutcracker."

So what is the future of the theater scene in Boston? And are these setbacks or just transitions to something else?

Guests

Michael Maso, managing director of The Huntington Theater Company. He tweets @MichaelHMaso.

Graham Wright, founder of Opus Affair. He tweets @GTWright.

Spiro Veludos, producing artistic director of the Lyric Stage Company, which tweets @LyricStageCo.

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