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After I got out of the subway, 46th Street and Broadway, I went to 46th Street and 6th Avenue, which is a block and a half, and there was this wonderful school where I could have voice, diction, and dance, and acting and stage craft. It was a thrilling experience to be focusing on how to perform.
And when I was in my junior high school, which is what you go to before you go to high school, I was in a show called The Christmas Carol, and I played Ebenezer Scrooge the first time.
A bumbling man who was very sweet, and Scrooge learns how to be a better person by looking at him.
And then the next year they did the same play over and I played Ebenezer Scrooge, and I still have the script.
It's a huge part, you know.
And I was a young big kid, and I played Scrooge and I also made my own tombstone!
It said Ebenezer Scrooge, and I had to make this.
And I said, "What name is on there?
Ebenezer Scrooge!
Oh no!
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