I grew up in a small town in South Carolina, the daughter of a dance teacher and an Air Force pilot. As a child, I was mesmerized by the jacket cover of a Broadway Hits album that had several show titles framed in Marquis lights. After seeing the sidewalk art scene from Mary Poppins, I ran home, put the album cover on the floor, closed my eyes, and tried to jump into it over and over. I was convinced that if I just believed hard enough, I would open my eyes and be in Times Square.

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