One phrase had special meaning as it echoed throughout the Zeiterion’s glittering-like-new theater during a celebration of its $37 million, 19-month rebirth:

“We did it.”

Rep. Tony Cabral, D-New Bedford, prefaced his remarks with the phrase, and then led the hundreds gathered in the audience in enthusiastically repeating it.

During his remarks, Frank Almeida, chairman of the Zeiterion Board of Directors, turned to Cabral with a wide smile, “Tony, we did it.”

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