Maria Friedman: side by side with Sondheim
She made a huge hit of Stephen Sondheim's most-famous flop " not bad for a girl who dropped out of school when she was 15 and was rejected as a theme-pub singer. Maria Friedman talks to David BenedictWhat do you call someone whose directorial debut at the age of 53 resuscitates one of musical theatre's most famous flops, transfers to the West End, wins a record-breaking clutch of five-star reviews and is being s…