AMERICAN THEATRE

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For many years now I’ve played guitar and sang in my church band in Brooklyn. This part-time music ministry means I’m no longer really a layman, and have occasionally guiltily wondered: If I weren’t leading the music, how often would I actually go to church and sit in the pews?

My relationship to the art form I cover sometimes prompts audience member.

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