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Friday, May 8, 2015

Bringing “Wolf Hall” to the Stage by Larissa Macfarquhar

How do you turn a novel into a play? It depends on the novel. Take, for instance, the current Broadway production of “Wolf Hall,” an adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel of the same nam…

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Monday, June 16, 2014

Larissa MacFarquhar: A master class with Stephen Sondheim. by Larissa Macfarquhar

One recent sunny morning on West Forty-fourth Street, upstairs from Sardi’s, a group of drama teachers gathered to sit at the feet of Stephen Sondheim. The teachers had been bravely pu…

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