Pretty Woman treads the boards

charles laurence reports from New York on the latest movie star to test her mettle on Broadway

Julia Roberts takes Manhattan! Hollywood's highest-paid female lead is treading the Broadway boards - the latest and biggest screen star out to prove she can actually act.

It is still two weeks before the curtain rises on the official first night at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre and we get the answer to that question. But the girl who charmed the world in Pretty Woman has already proved to the producers of Three Days of Rain that she's a winner.

Not only can she fill 45th Street at Times Square with screaming fans, she has sold every ticket in the house until June. That is $7 million worth. So reckon on paying $999