Inside sources say that the show is being delayed from its slated March 15 opening and that Taymor has left the production, though it is unclear if she quit or was fired or merely left the building forlunch one day and decided not to come back.
At lunch Leicestershire were 135-four and there was little indication of the success to comefor Needham when he was struck for six over midwicket by Nixon and Greg Smith reached the first Championship half-century of his career.
But comelunch time, they would run down to a basketball court that was close by, choose up sides for a 4 on 4 pickup game, go shirts and skins, and compete like they were both NBA teams.