SPOTLIGHT TO FADE GRANADA THEATRE'S TO PRESENT FINAL PRODUCTION IN ITS CURRENT HOME.Byline: MARK KELLAM Valley News Writer It will be the end of an era at the Granada Granada, city, Nicaragua Granada (gränä`thä), city (1995 pop. 74,396), W Nicaragua, on Lake Nicaragua. It is Nicaragua's third largest city and the center of commerce on Lake Nicaragua. Theatre when its current production ``The Prisoner of Second Avenue'' closes. The show, starring Keith Keith may refer to: People with the given name Keith:
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