The Theatrical Curtain Call: More Than Just Bows
My first grown-up show: Oliver! Mom and me way up high in the upper balcony, watching all those kids down below. One older character, Nancy, who looked a little like my mom, died in the second act " a development that I found pretty shocking " and by the time for the curtain calls, it still hadn't occurred to me yet that the actress hadn't died. So everybody else comes out for applause, reprising the songs they'd sun…