NYT: Taking Young People to Broadway Shows

<p>Nature V nuture is an interesting question in our house. DD is adopted - so we can’t speak to nature, but I was determined D would be an athlete (I was). D is very strong and coordinated but did not have the disposition for competitive sports. We did take D to theatre and musicals from a young age but never thought of it as anything more than a spectator event. D thrived on stage and dragged her dad back into theatre (back a million years ago he started college as a drama major) and they reinforced each other (best show of our family life was when they were both in Ragtime, Dad as grandfather, D in the harlem ensemble) but the drive definitely came from her.</p>