Media Mention: Big Easy makes play for Broadway

Big Easy makes play for Broadway
Tax-credit legislation mimics incentives for the film industry
Monday, May 07, 2007
By Bruce Nolan

It worked with Hollywood, a set of tax incentives and other kinds of government cooperation that in five years has turned Louisiana -- New Orleans in particular -- into one of the movie business's busiest and most beloved locations. But will Broadway respond to the same gris-gris?

Local leaders think so. They're asking the state Legislature to grant deep tax breaks to the owners of shuttered downtown theaters and to theatrical producers who would light them up with major shows, including Broadway tryouts, opera, ballet and standup comedy.

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Credit: Times-Picayune, online at NOLA.COM