At Eighty-five, Tom Stoppard Faces His Past

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Tom Stoppard has been a fixture on Broadway since his famous early play, “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” travelled there in 1967. Stoppard is eighty-five years old, and has largely resisted the autobiographical element in his work. But now, in “Leopoldstadt,” a play that has just opened on Broadway, he draws on his family’s history in the Second World War, and the loss of his relatives in the Holocaust. Stoppard talks with the contributor Andrew Dickson about his latest work.

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At Eighty-five, Tom Stoppard Faces His Family’s Past

The Broadway fixture is out with a new play, reflecting on his family’s history in the Holocaust. He talks with the contributor Andrew Dickson about his latest work and long career.

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The Oscar- and Emmy Award-winning actor, best known for her role in “Thelma and Louise,” reflects on her life and career with the staff writer Michael Schulman.

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