
Glynis Johns, Tony Winner for ‘A Little Night Music,’ Dies at 100

I can imagine it. Two very old women walk with death perched on their shoulders like a wise old bird – death their friend, death their companion – and they know with stunning clarity the miracle of new life, the baby. They know how the new mother needs to be seen.
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Sister Mary Scullion is no martyr. She’s a cheerful soul who’s having a wonderful time living out the existence that best suits her nature and most brings her to life. It just so happens that she takes care of a lot of other people in the process—but everyone can sense her genuine enjoyment behind the mission, which is ultimately why her presence i
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Miss Clarvoe hung up. She knew how to deal with June and others like her. One hung up. One severed connections. What Miss Clarvoe did not realize was that she had severed too many connections in her life, she had hung up too often, too easily, on too many people. Now, at thirty, she was alone. The telephone no longer rang, and when someone knocked
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Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George
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