Republican delegates shun Tony winners
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As if Republicans would ever be culturally adventurous.
With thousands of Republicans set to descend on the Big Apple to nominate President George W Bush for re-election, convention organisers decided to treat delegates to the glitz of Broadway before they knuckled down to the business of politics.
However, Republican organisers, selling themselves as the family-values party, decided to buy tickets to tame shows like 42nd Street and Disney productions like Aida and The Lion King, avoiding more offbeat fare.
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