Terry Baum (photo: Liz Payne)

Terry Baum, the author and star of “Lesbo Solo: My Gay History Play,” currently at the Marsh Berkeley, studied theater in high school and college_. _ But she got her start much earlier, in first grade, when her class was performing the song “How Much is That Doggie in the Window?” for the PTA. Another little girl was supposed to belt out the song, but that wasn’t how it went.

 “Right before she went on, the little girl got panicked and the teacher said, ‘Does anybody else know the lyrics? She couldn't do it. She threw up on her organdy pinafore,” Baum says. “Then I went out there and sang with all the passion of my heart, and it was a great success, and I’ve never stopped since.” Baum describes herself as a homophobic teenager. When asked why, she says it’s

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