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January 18, 2008
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LUCY SIMON and I have something interesting in common. We both saw our first Broadway shows at the St. James Theatre. Hers was "Carousel." Mine was "The Secret Garden," which just happens to have a score by Simon.

During previews for "The Secret Garden," which opened in 1991, Simon recalls standing backstage and feeling overwhelmed to be in the same theater where she fell in love with musical theater.

"I couldn't believe it," she says on the phone from her New York home. "I remember thinking, 'My God, this is so surreal.'"

Simon would go on to receive a Tony Award nomination for her musical work on "The Secret Garden," which won Tonys for Marsha

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