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Two weeks after surgery for breast cancer, Maria Friedman will open musical in New York

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Date: 20051113
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AP Worldstream
11-13-2005
Dateline: NEW YORK
Two weeks after having surgery for breast cancer, Maria Friedman will open Thursday _ as scheduled _ in "The Woman in White," the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on Wilkie Collins' Victorian mystery novel.

Friedman started preview performances Oct. 28 at Broadway's Marquis Theatre, but left the show six days later after discovering a lump in her left breast. She returned to the musical Nov. 10, missing only a week of performances. During her absence, understudy Lisa Brescia played the role of Marian Holcombe, the musical's adventurous heroine.

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