Playbill
May, 1972
Los Angeles: Charles Manson really could not have happened in any other city. It wasn't the crime so much as the juxtaposition of extremes. Actress Angela Lansbury reportedly sent her daughter off with the grubby nomad--giving her her blessings and a "To whom it may concern" to that effect. The sleazy and the glamorous have cohabited in that city for a long time now. Just beneath all the glittering romance that Hollywood has sold about itself, there is the slightly terrifying reality y...
