Ford Center for the Performing Arts

FORD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. When Canadian producer Garth Drabinsky was looking for a theater to house his Broadway productions, he met with the 42nd Street Redevelopment contingent and was given free rein to knock down the Apollo Theatre and Lyric Theatre. He also made a deal that forbade any theatrical usage for the Times Square Theater next door. A press conference was held on the stage of the derelict Apollo Theatre that, along with the Lyric Theatre, had been...