Larissa MacFarquhar: A master class with Stephen Sondheim.
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 putting on Sondheim musicals for years, in the face of administrative protests about immoral messages and lascivious . . . (Subscription required.)