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Charlotte native Merwin Foard Jr. spent much of his Broadway career mastering leading roles in some of the biggest hit shows — and then waiting in the wings. Foard, a prolific actor perhaps best known ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Merwin Foard has one of the oddest jobs on Broadway: He gets paid not to perform. Foard is a top standby _ an actor hired to wait in the wings of Broadway shows each night, ready in ...