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Rostropovich Successor Picked?: St. Louis conductor Leonard Slatkin is the National Symphony Orchestra's choice to succeed Mstislav Rostropovich as music director, according to the Washington Post. Slatkin has been interviewed by members of the search committee but no formal offer has been made, two NSO sources said. Slatkin's agent, however, said the conductor has made "no commitment" to accept any position. An agreement with a new music director is unlikely until a new contract is negotiated with the NSO musicians, who have been in bargaining sessions since last month. Slatkin, 49, the principal conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, is currently in London for the orchestra's upcoming European concert tour. *
Kids' Theater Planned: The first of nine restoration projects planned for New York's Times Square is the 93-year-old Victory Theater, which will become the non-profit New Victory Theater-a site for year-round children's programming. The New Victory, which will feature local, national and international companies presenting multicultural plays, dance, film, puppetry, mime and magic for young children through teen-agers, is scheduled to open by the autumn of 1995. Said Cora Cahan, president of non-profit revitalization group the New 42nd Street Inc., "(We...