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How the Stars of 6 Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows Get Into Character by Michael Paulson, George Etheredge, Amir Hamja and Vincent Tullo

For Nathan Lane, Taraji P. Henson, Daniel Radcliffe and other actors, it can take wigs, group hugs or banishing ghosts to make the transformation.

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