Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Shaye akaberekerwa muDetroit, Michigan, mwanasikana waDorothy (née Katz), amai vemusha, naMax Mendle Shaye, mupendi uye muridzi wesupamaketi. Munun'una wake mutungamiriri wemufirimu Robert Shaye. Mhuri yake ndeyechiJudha; amai vake vakaberekerwa muRussia, uye vanasekuru vake vaibva kuRomania. Shaye akadzidza kutamba paYunivhesiti yeMichigan asati atamira kuNew York kuti aoneke muOff Broadway zvigadzirwa. Muna 1977, akatamira kuLos Angeles kuti aite basa rake rekuita.  Mubvunzo: Shaye aigara kupi pashure pa1977?
Los Angeles