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The Perils of the Polly Pen.

American Theatre,  July, 2000  by AHMAD, SHAZIA

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AN ACCLAIMED MUSICAL MINIATURIST SHIFTS HER TIME-TRAVELING TALENTS TO A LARGER CANVAS

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AS LONG AGO AS SHE CAN REMEMBER, POLLY PEN was singing parlor songs. Along with her mother, her grandmother and her aunt at the piano, the five-year-old composer-to be would belt our harmonies from a frayed Victorian songbook called HeartSongs. Although she didn't know it then, young Polly was absorbing a musical education that would later serve her well. "It didn't seem odd to me then," says Pen, recalling her somewhat antiquated upbringing. "I thought that's what people ...

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