Posted on 02/15/2005 8:04:54 AM PST by gopwinsin04
Lord Webber Theatres Too Expensive for P. Diddy
Mogul Sean 'P Diddy' Combs has pulled out of talks to buy four of British composer's Andrew Lloyd Webbers London theatres after the prices rose too high.
Lord Webber is selling the Apollo, the Garrick, the Dutchess, and the Lyric theatres, all major names in London's West End.
Last month, it was reported that Combs was interested in buying the prestigious venues and planned to convert some of them into nightclubs.
However, part of the deal offered by Webber's Really Useful Theatre company stipulates that the buildings must reamain as theatres for at last 50 years.
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Turning theatres into nightclubs? Why wasn't I born 200 years ago?????
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