Eleven was a significant age for both Mark Nadler and Stephanie Pope.

Nadler, knowing every popular song and showing flair at the piano, begins making a living as an entertainer, appearing at parties and Bar Mitzvot throughout his hometown of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

“Fifty-three years later, I’m still working and thinking, ‘I get paid for this!’ Nadler says.

Pope takes her first dance class at 11.

“In terms of dance, that was late,” she quips.

Growing up in New York City, that class was at the prestigious Dance Theatre of Harlem, which gave her a basis for a Broadway career that lasts to this minute.

“I’ve been performing for so long, people think I’m 104,” Pope says.

Pope and Nadler’s combined experience might well add up to 104 years. Mark has graduated beyond kids’ parties and ceremon

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