May 28—ALBANY — It may have taken a while for him to fill them, but Theatre Albany General Manager Justin Neal knew from the start that being selected to fill former GM — and local theater legend — Mark Costello’s shoes would be no easy task.
But as a group of 21 actors prepares for Theatre Albany’s season-ending musical “The Wedding Singer,” the energetic, mile-a-minute Neal has a year under his belt in the position and is looking forward to guiding the theater into its historic 90th season.
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