Mr. Peter Bloch

Peter Bloch has been named general manager of the newly renovated Theater Row complex on 42nd Street.

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Peter Bloch, general manager of the complex, said he's already mulling bookings through next summer."We're definitely turning away some people," Mr. Bloch said."People tour it and see the new theaters and the facilities and get excited."

That said, the cost of renting the theaters, which ranges from about $3,500 to $8,000 a week, does make the new stages prohibitive for some companies, especially those wanting to do showcase productions.

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Mr. Bloch pointed out that of the seven shows produced at the complex so far, five had been by nonprofit companies.

"If we we do it right, we will be a center of newly developed works, and not a rental house," Mr. Bloch said."Our goal is not to be a rental house.It's to be a community."

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"We want to brand Theater Row," said Peter Bloch, the general manager.
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"We want the audience for the more commercial shows to take a look at the smaller, lesser-known shows playing next door," Mr. Bloch said.

The cold weather caused the "really minor" leak, Theatre Row general manager Peter Bloch told Playbill On-Line.Both shows' Saturday matinee and evening performances were canceled, though the water - limited to the front lobby - was cleaned up by the afternoon and the two occupied spaces (the Beckett and the Clurman) were not compromised.

Playwrights Horizons performances of Violet next door were not affected, though the leak apparently included other buildings on the block.

It's now business as usual at Theatre Row, the beehive of Off-Broadway and showcase spaces on West 42nd Street.The complex includes the Kirk, the Acorn, the Beckett, the Clurman and the Lion.

Peter Bloch, Managing Director of Theatre Row Studios added, "I am thrilled to be a part of this wonderful new creative partnership.

said Peter Bloch, general manager of Theatre Row Studios. (He was using "Theatre Row" to mean the entire length of the blocks between Ninth and Eleventh avenues.) But, as 59E59 suggests, everything isn't happening on 42nd Street.

In a subsequent communication, Peter Bloch -- general manager of the complex -- told TheaterMania that cleanup crews were at work and that he expected performances to resume with tomorrow's matinees.Bloch said that he also wasn't sure exactly what had gone wrong with the plumbing but he believed that a sprinkler valve had burst or malfunctioned.

Theatergoers holding tickets to the canceled performances can obtain refunds or exchanges at the box office or by phoning Ticket Central at 212-279-4200.