Scalpel, Sponge, Show Tunes: When Doctors Moonlight as Actors

The New York Times: At a Wednesday evening rehearsal for the musical “Into the Woods,” the actors playing two lovesick princes were practicing the choreography for their big Act I duet, “Agony.” The director, Lia Boyle, wanted them to rip their shirts open at the end of the number, and the costume designer asked how far down their bodies the tear should go.

“Just to the bottom of the xiphoid process,” Ms. Boyle said.