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Gregory Mosher has already saved one New York theater. The board of the bankrupt Circle in the Square is hoping he can save another.
Dark for the second time in four years, the long-troubled theater filed for bankruptcy two months ago, asked for the resignation of its artistic director Josephine Abady, and tapped Mr. Mosher to take the helm.
The 47-year-old artistic director is credited with working miracles at Lincoln Center Theater in the Eighties, turning it from a virtually dead house into one of the most distinguished nonprofit theaters in the country. But whether he can do the same for Circle in the Square is far from a sure thing.
While it is Tony-eligible, the nonprofit, subscription-based Circle in the Square suffers from some of the same problems that afflict Off-Broadway theaters. Last season, audiences flocked to an unprecedented collection of hit plays on Broadway. Tickets to shows are nudging Broadway levels at $45, beyond the reach of many of the theatergoers who traditionally have ventured off the Great White Way.
In September, the nonprofit Circle Repertory Co. closed for good,...