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Scott Simon Essay: Broadway and the Holidays

NPR | By Scott Simon

Published December 21, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Host Scott Simon reflects on two Broadway productions and what they have to tell us during this holiday season. (2:30)

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Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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