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JIM BECKERMAN
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-11-2001
MISS A COMET, GAIN A PLAY -- JOHN AMOS' ONE-MAN SHOW CROSSES LIVES AND GENERATIONS

By JIM BECKERMAN
Date: 03-11-2001, Sunday
Section: YOUR TIME
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday
Column: HERE & NOW: N.J. ARTS

In 1986, actor John Amos went to the Delaware Water Gap, looking
for an unobstructed view of Halley's Comet.

The Hunterdon County resident didn't find the comet. What he found
was the inspiration for a play.

"I saw an old man, and I intentionally eavesdropped while he shared
three or four generations of his life with his ...

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