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Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George
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Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George
Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George by James Lapine appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, for history lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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