Cecilia Heston

Wunderkind Broadway baron Jordan Roth , president and co-owner of Jujamcyn Theaters, one of the district’s heaviest hitters, recently bought a $13.1 million apartment at the Superior Ink building on the West Village waterfront, etching another mark on the building’s high-profile totem pole. The glitzy Robert A.M. Stern-designed condo colossus, which has been heralded as the 15 Central Park West …

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Chaoyang district has also jumped on the bandwagon, announcing the building of a group of theaters in Cuigezhuang and a 30 million yuan ($4.39 million) investment to transform it into Beijing’s Broadway. While the fi erce battle for Broadway has added excitement to Beijing’s entertainment industry, critics are questioning the need of so many new venues, especially in light of the fact that many …

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