{"id":343,"date":"2012-09-27T16:21:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T16:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/broadway\/?page_id=343"},"modified":"2012-09-27T16:21:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T16:21:23","slug":"about-laurence-maslon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/broadway\/about-laurence-maslon\/","title":{"rendered":"About Laurence Maslon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laurence Maslon is a Master Teacher at the Graduate Acting Program at New York University&#8217;s Tisch School of the Arts. In addition, he teaches courses at NYU&#8217;s Undergraduate Drama and the MFA Musical Theatre Writing Programs. He wrote the story and teleplay for the acclaimed PBS AMERICAN MASTERS documentary RICHARD RODGERS: THE SWEETEST SOUNDS (2001), and organized two Rodgers projects for the Chicago Humanities Festival. 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