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When it premiered,the New YorkTimescalled the show a bare germ of an idea.

I realized that I was obsessed with these characters, Finnexplained toTimein 1992.

I am not interested in writing about anyone else.

Everything that moves and grips me in the theater can be told through these people.

Finn was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a conservative Jewish family.

Finns later work included the autobiographical musicalA New Brain, which introduced the modern standard Id Rather Be Sailing.

TheTimesnoted that Finn vividly captures the voices of his smart youngsters in its 2005review.

Finn isnt a pinner-downer, hes a mixer-upper, Jesse Green wrote inhis review for Vulture.

He shakes the soda cans and lets them spritz and effervesce.

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