From an insider's perspective, I see it as poor decision-making, plain and simple. Flood or no flood, they could have had Trekkies (and Trekkers) crawling into town on their hands and knees from Tualatin if they had simply seen the Patrick Stewart opportunity for what it was worth!
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There ought to be a rule that Theater/Opera managers have at least a rudimentary knowledge of theater and the actors who populate that world.
Oh, and wasn't that a marvelous performance Mr. Stewart gave in "Ann of the Thousand Days?"
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