Original article by Paula Hendrickson, Carole Horst, Todd Longwell, Brooke Mazurek, Rosemary Rossi.
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Sonia Friedman: Theater Producer
“It’s been a landmark season on Broadway with a remarkable range of writing and acting talent,” says Friedman. She should know, as her latest, “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” just opened, and Sonia Friedman Prods. received 21 Tony Award nominations, taking home five. “The Dead Outlaw” producer loves new voices, but the classics also call to her. When reviving a play like “Oedipus,” she looks to “how the play speaks to now.”
Fight the cuts: “We have to hope these cuts aren’t permanent, and we have to fight like hell to make sure they’re not. That means advocacy, yes, but also action.”