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Article: LIFE AFTER DEATH THEATRE JOAN DIDION WROTE 'THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING', HER EXTRAORDINARY MEMOIR OF LOSS, IN ORDER TO KEEP HERSELF SANE. BUT THE PROSPECT OF ADAPTING THE BOOK FOR THE STAGE THREATENED TO UNDO ALL THAT. HERE SHE DESCRIBES HOW - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM DAVID HARE AND VANESSA REDGRAVE - SHE RELUCTANTLY CREATED THE BROADWAY EVENT OF THE YEAR
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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I AM MAKING THESE FIRST NOTES ON MONDAY, 29 January, 2007: 11am in
a rehearsal studio on West 42nd Street. New York, winter light, floor-
to-ceiling glass, a barre, the Bill T. Jones dancers from the next
studio taking a break in the corridor. The theatrical company for The
Year of
Magical Thinking has assembled here for the first of what will be
31 days of work to shape the play for previews beginning 6 March and
its Broadway opening on
29 March.
There is Vanessa Redgrave, here from London to play the single
part. There is David Hare, here from London to direct. There is the