She had heard about the Baby Doll tradition as a child and felt that it was a medium close to her heart.

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Stephen Sondheim may be a Broadway baby, but most of the best revivals of his musicals have been mounted in small-to-medium-size theaters and accompanied by chamber ensembles, not budget-busting pit orchestras.

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In exchange for cash and an undisclosed number of shares of Rare Medium, which have since increased nearly sevenfold, Barlow had to give up 90% of his baby.

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His follow-up Medium Raw, due out Tuesday, chronicles how celebrity, constant travel, divorce, remarriage and a baby daughter have changed him and his take on food culture a decade after Kitchen Confidential's debut.

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