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"I Think An Empty Theatre is Exciting"

Broadway stars such as Carol Burnett, Robert Morse, Robert Redford and Elaine Stritch reminisce about what it was like to arrive to the theatre before their audiences in Rick McKay's "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age."

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