After its 1954 premiere, "The Saint of Bleecker Street" was received in the New York press as first-rate theater.

The trial has been first-rate theater, but it's of particular interest because for county news, they're pretty much all we've got.

Performing arts have been a major Chelsea attraction since 1982, when Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates transformed the Elgin, an Art Deco movie house, into the Joyce, a first-rate theater for dance.

This historic playhouse was founded on December 7, 1835, by William Corcoran and other prominent citizens who wanted the national capital to have a first-rate theater.

It seems that New York's southernmost borough, with its parade-ready boardwalk and its first-rate theater, might be able to do the job.

Mr. Goldhuber, a former Bill T. Jones dancer famous for his 350-pound weight, turns such everyday topics into charmingly unassuming, first-rate theater with a surprising edge of poignancy.

Scarborough is a fine town: A very warm welcome, good food, good chat, wonderful sea views, clean beach, fine hotels and first-rate theatre.

New Yorkers know there is plenty to cheer about in their city: ethnic and cultural diversity, first-rate theater, world-class museums, restaurants, literati, designers, scholars and other professionals.

"The ability to try things out, see what works and what doesn't work in a sophisticated market and in a first-rate technical theater that mirrors what they're going to experience in New York" is invaluable for producers, he added.

He said there would be increasing opportunities for children to experience the kind of first-rate theater that made "The Miracle Worker" such a miracle to me.