1.   And Jack himself is revealed to be, literally, an actor, who comes to America with a second-rate touring British troupe.

2.   It took the Joyce three years to convince the better-known touring troupes that it was more than a scrappy, fledgling little downtown dance theater.

3.   This cast, unlike other sleep-walking touring troupes, takes the familiar score and brilliant choreography and treats it as brand new material.

4.   A Chinese acrobat who vanished from his touring troupe and was thought to have defected was found wandering on a street in southern Taiwan Wednesday, police said.

5.   He is married to a former dancer from his touring troupe.

6.   Kelly is married to a former dancer from his touring troupe.

7.   The plot concerns the hapless off-and-on stage antics of a desperate touring troupe.