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LONDON, Apr 13, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey says the early closing of Robert Altman's "Resurrection Blues" was "not a disaster" for London's Old Vic theater.
The production "didn't go down as well as any of us had hoped" but it is "not unusual for a show to come off early," Spacey told BBC Radio 4's "Today" show.
Although he has come under criticism because the theater will now be empty for five months, "it's not a disaster," Spacey said.
He noted nothing was canceled since a summer production was never booked.
"We took a view that if we couldn't find the right production that we felt was financially right to produce, it was in our interest to put all of our resources and all of our efforts" into the next season, he said.
Spacey said he is "more determined than ever" to finish out his 10-year contract, which he signed with the theater in 2003.
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