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One of my complaints about contemporary theater has to do with how little repertory theater there is. Conductors make their reputations by interpreting great works from the past. Actors and directors ought to do the same. This problem also afflicts ballet. How often does one see a performance of The Rite of Spring or Debussy's Jeux? Instead, you get Mendelssohn's violin concerto revised so it can be danced to. If you want any live acquaintance with the music, you have to settle for hearing it in the concert hall. I would love to be able to actually see plays by Pirandello, Giraudoux, Anouilh, Hauptmann, J.B. Priestley  Enid Bagnold. And there are many more than that.