Raves for this London import, directed by Howard Davies and starring Kevin Spacey.

"There's loads of Americans," said Rod Lay, who runs the Trade party, another London import, at Privilege.

And with plays costing $1 million or more to mount, comedies have also become risky business, unless they are pretested London imports.

Across Broadway "Kat and the Kings," the London import about a South African singing group, will close at the Cort on Jan. 2.

From there, he went to another London import, Half a Sixpence, in 1965.

Previews of the London import were to have begun March 21, with an opening scheduled for April 2, at the Plymouth Theater.

A London import, it opened there in October 1988 with a different director and a different cast.

And under the vivifying direction of Simon McBurney, this London import finds true delight in ontological despair.

Though it is typical to tweak London imports like "Mamma Mia!"

And next season is already shaping up as a busy one for London imports.