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Also an actor, Tayna Berezin was artistic director of the Circle Repertory Company, a storied off-Broadway incubator of talent that she had helped found in 1969.

“On hot summer days, Richard Nixon would light a roaring blaze in the fireplace of his White House study, crank the air conditioning up to full blast, put on a little Mantovani, and gaze out the window at the Washington Monument.”