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Jan Sherwood has withdrawn from "Affairs of the State" for a featured role in "Paint Your Wagon".
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A promotion is in store for Jan Sherwood, understudy to Hildegarde Neff in "Silk Stockings"...When the hit musical begins its tour...Sherwood will step into the role Miss Neff is relinquishing
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