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Konakovsky District
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Maryino, Baranovskoye Rural Settlement, Likhoslavlsky District, Tver Oblast, a village in
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Baranovskoye Rural Settlement of Likhoslavlsky District
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Maryino, Stanskoye Rural Settlement, Likhoslavlsky District, Tver Oblast, a village in Stanskoye
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Rural Settlement of Likhoslavlsky District
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Maryino, Nelidovsky District, Tver Oblast, a village in Novoselkovskoye Rural Settlement of
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Nelidovsky District
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Maryino, Ostashkovsky District, Tver Oblast, a village in Sorozhskoye Rural Settlement of
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Ostashkovsky District
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Maryino, Rameshkovsky District, Tver Oblast, a village in Kiverichi Rural Settlement of
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Rameshkovsky District
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Maryino, Sonkovsky District, Tver Oblast, a village in Koyskoye Rural Settlement of Sonkovsky
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District
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Maryino, Torzhoksky District, Tver Oblast, a selo in Maryinskoye Rural Settlement of Torzhoksky
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District
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Maryino, Udomelsky District, Tver Oblast, a village in Zarechenskoye Rural Settlement of Udomelsky
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District
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Vladimir Oblast As of 2010, three rural localities in Vladimir Oblast bear this name:
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Maryino, Kolchuginsky District, Vladimir Oblast, a village in Kolchuginsky District
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Maryino, Kovrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, a selo in Kovrovsky District
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Maryino, Vyaznikovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, a village in Vyaznikovsky District
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Vologda Oblast As of 2010, four rural localities in Vologda Oblast bear this name:
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Maryino, Chagodoshchensky District, Vologda Oblast, a village in Belokrestsky Selsoviet of
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Chagodoshchensky District
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Maryino, Sizemsky Selsoviet, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, a village in Sizemsky Selsoviet
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of Sheksninsky District
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Maryino, Yurochensky Selsoviet, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, a village in Yurochensky
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Selsoviet of Sheksninsky District
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Maryino, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, a village in Veprevsky Selsoviet of Vologodsky
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District
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Yaroslavl Oblast As of 2010, ten rural localities in Yaroslavl Oblast bear this name:
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Maryino, Bolsheselsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, a village in Varegovsky Rural Okrug of
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Bolsheselsky District
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Maryino, Semivragovsky Rural Okrug, Danilovsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, a village in
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Semivragovsky Rural Okrug of Danilovsky District
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Maryino, Seredskoy Rural Okrug, Danilovsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, a village in Seredskoy Rural
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Okrug of Danilovsky District
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Maryino, Bogorodsky Rural Okrug, Myshkinsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, a village in Bogorodsky
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Rural Okrug of Myshkinsky District
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Maryino, Povodnevsky Rural Okrug, Myshkinsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, a village in Povodnevsky
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Rural Okrug of Myshkinsky District
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Maryino, Latskovsky Rural Okrug, Nekouzsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, a village in Latskovsky
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Rural Okrug of Nekouzsky District
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Maryino, Vereteysky Rural Okrug, Nekouzsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, a selo in Vereteysky Rural
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Okrug of Nekouzsky District
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Maryino, Pervomaysky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, a village in Ignattsevsky Rural Okrug of
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Pervomaysky District
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Maryino, Uglichsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, a village in Slobodskoy Rural Okrug of Uglichsky
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District
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Maryino, Yaroslavsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, a village in Shirinsky Rural Okrug of Yaroslavsky
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District
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The Live Entertainment Corporation of Canada, better known as Livent, was a theatre production
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company based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1989 by former Cineplex Odeon executives Garth
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Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb, the company initially found success with its production of The
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Phantom of the Opera at its Pantages Theatre in Toronto. In 1993, they brought Kiss of the Spider
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Woman to Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical. They became known for lavish
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productions with their 1994 revival of Show Boat (estimated to be the most expensive production in
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Broadway history at the time), and their ambitious 1998 original musical Ragtime.
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In 1998, Livent announced the discovery of "accounting irregularities". Revised financial
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statements showed previously undisclosed losses, and the company filed for bankruptcy protection.
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As a result, the company's stock price plummeted, and its assets were eventually sold off in 1999.
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The company's collapse led to criminal and civil litigation. An Ontario court found that Drabinsky
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and Gottlieb had systematically doctored Livent's financial statements, and sentenced them to jail
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terms of several years for fraud and forgery.
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At its height, Livent was the largest live theatre company in North America, and was the first
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publicly traded company dedicated to live theatre. Livent used Toronto as a testing ground for its
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pre-Broadway tryouts and has been credited (along with its competitor, Mirvish Productions) with
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elevating Toronto to the second-most important destination for live theatre in North America, and
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bringing hundreds of millions of dollars of tourism income to the city.
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Formation
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The company was founded in 1989 by Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb, former chairman and vice
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chairman, respectively, of Cineplex Odeon Corporation. Following an internal struggle within the
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company, the Drabinsky and Gottlieb purchased its live entertainment division for Can$88 million
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CAD (borrowing $65m to fund the purchase), spawning an independent business, Live Entertainment of
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Canada Inc. The name, later shortened to Livent Inc., was originally intended as a placeholder
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(based on the fact that the company was formed from the live entertainment division of Cineplex
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Odeon), but Drabinsky and Gottlieb ultimately kept it. With the purchase they acquired the Pantages
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Theatre in Toronto (now known as the Ed Mirvish Theatre) and the Canadian rights to the popular
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musical The Phantom of the Opera.
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Livent became a publicly traded company in May 1993 with a stock offering that raised $40 million.
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This made it the first publicly traded company whose primary business was live theatre.
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Business endeavours
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Livent pursued a three-pronged business model which Drabinsky referred to as 'reproduction,
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restoration, and origination':
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Reproduction Acquiring the rights to stage successful current musicals in other markets. Examples
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included the Toronto production of Phantom of the Opera, and touring productions of Phantom and
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
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Restoration Staging revivals of classic shows such as Show Boat
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Origination Funding new shows such as the musicals Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime, and the
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play Barrymore
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In addition, Livent acquired several theatres, beginning in Toronto and expanding to Vancouver,
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Chicago, and, most notably, the Ford Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, the result of
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an ambitious 1998 project to construct a large new theatre to house the Ragtime on Broadway.
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Spending and accounting practices
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Livent became known for its lavish and ambitious productions. Their 1994 revival of Show Boat was
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speculated to be, at the time, the most expensive production ever on Broadway, with an investment
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of over US$10 million and ongoing costs of $600,000 per week (a more typical cost for a Broadway
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revival at the time was around $3 million). Show Boat also became the most expensive show to see on
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Broadway, with standard orchestra tickets priced at $75 (a price point that other shows eventually
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followed). Livent was noted for "unprecedented ad blitzes", including frequent full-page ads in the