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  (Kerry) Healey rejected by theater board
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News DateWednesday, April 4, 2007 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionFormer lieutenant governor Kerry Healey's bid to join the advisory board of the American Repertory Theatre was rejected last month because some members of the board were upset about the tone of her campaign for governor, several people associated with the theater confirmed yesterday.

During a contentious March 19 meeting to consider Healey's appointment, several members of the ART's 40-member board criticized the Republican nominee's unsuccessful campaign last fall, calling it mean-spirited and condemning a controversial television ad that highlighted Deval Patrick's advocacy for a convicted rapist.

Healey, a longtime supporter of the ART who was solicited to serve on the board of the celebrated theater company housed at Harvard University, declined yesterday to discuss the rejection.

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