Thanks for your thoughtful insights. What a fascinating, and of course - frustrating career for a man of his talents. I adored Alvin Ing. I saw the original production of Pacific Overtures over twenty times, and he was consistently flawless. Here's an interview he did a few weeks ago - likely his last - for Kyle Marshall's Putting It Together podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alvin-ing-an-interview/id1435108436?i=1000528131986