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Offstage at the Met log captures subplots beyond the stage
Fred Plotkin, performance manager at the Metropolitan Opera House, chronicles offstage dramas in the Met archives. The 10 volume log records late arrivals fights ticket theft and odd incidents from umbrella duels to a car crash through the front door and even an irate Kissinger remark.
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