For Marc Summers, 'It Doesn't Get Much Better' Than His One-Man Show at 72: 'Hard Time Retiring' (Exclusive)
Arts And Entertainment,Broadway,Entertainment,Indianapolis,New York,New York City,Arts and Entertainment,Culture
Marc Summers has always loved the stage. His whole career has been as simple — and as complicated — as that. The 72-year-old started out as a magician at children's parties when he was just a kid himself in Indianapolis, doing anything, anywhere — weddings, bar mitzvahs, dog shows, wakes, whatever, he says — just so he could be in front of a live audience. Fast forward nearly 40 years after Nickelodeon's primetime hit Double Dare first premiered with Summers as the host, and the inherent people person is still...
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