What Is the Story of Secrets of the Trade?
As the play opens, a stagestruck 16-year-old named Andy Lipman writes a fan letter to his idol, celebrated Broadway director Martin Kerner. Two years later, Kerner invites Andy to lunch, setting in motion a mentor/mentee relationship that continues sporadically over the next 10 years and affects both men in different ways. In a parallel plotline, Andy’s loving and very involved Long Island parents face the challenge of supporting their son’s ambitions—and feel threatened by his hero worship of Martin.