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I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. I feel the actors are being put through a kind of nightmarish labor. They're like animals being forced to pull heavy carts of vegetables at incredible speeds.
Wallace Shawn
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Wallace Shawn
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 12
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New York City
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Wallace Michael Shawn
Wally Shawn
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