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Often it’s the songs that become an artist’s most popular hits that ... By 2007, however, Lane was feeling more circumspect. “I’m happy as a clam to have written a song that is still being played and ...

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There are some upbeat songs that are just upbeat, and there are some that deal with surprisingly dark subject matter, like these four.

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NEW YORK — On paper, nothing about “Maybe Happy Ending” should work. The ambitious new musical, which opened Nov. 12 at the Belasco Theatre, follows two lonely robots as they take a road ...