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Foul Play 

"The economic development that was supposed to follow CenterStage’s opening hasn’t happened, and won’t happen anytime soon."

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If the definition of delusion is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, our city leaders have officially gone Macbeth on us. The mayor and City Council recently gave control of the Landmark Theater, Richmond's premier…

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