A Broadway boyhood: a love affair with the theater that began when the author still had a curfew

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The author, New York Times theater critic for ten years in the 1980s and early 1990s, traces his love of theater to his childhood in Washington. He applied himself to theater reviews in 'Variety' and other publications for succor after his parents divorce.

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Madcap millionaires

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Americans like madcap millionaires such as those in the 1930s movies or Robert Redford's character in 'Indecent Proposal.' Pres Clinton is attempting to expose Ross Perot as greedy megalomaniac rather than a populist billionaire.

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Conservations with Sondheim

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The Broadway musical of the mid-20th century is dead, according to composer Stephen Sondheim. A wide-ranging examination of his work and musical theater's future is provided.

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