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Laurence Maslon is an arts professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He wrote two American Masters documentaries—Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds (2001) and Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)—and collaborated with American Masters executive producer Michael Kantor on three documentary series for PBS, including the Emmy Award-winning Broadway: The American Musical. He hosts and produces the weekly NPR radio program, "Broadway to Main Street," for WLIW-FM.