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Maria Friedman on playing a 16-year-old at 66: ‘I’m loving every second of it’
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The veteran actor and director speaks to Louis Chilton about her unique role in the acclaimed musical ‘Kimberly Akimbo’, the brilliance of Stephen Sondheim, and why Brits don’t take musical theatre seriously enough
The thing is,” says Maria Friedman, “you carry it all with you. I am five years old, I’m 15, I’m 20, I’m 30. I am all those ages.” In a very real sense, the actor, director, and theatre stalwart is in fact 66 – though can currently be seen on stage p... [5213 chars]
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