Playwrights' Arena Award Renamed in Honor of Lee Melville
When Lee Melville smiles, his eyes beat him to it. The Editor-in-Chief of this publication, LA STAGE Times, smiles frequently as he reminisces over his 50-year career in theater: actor, stage manager, producer, critic, editor. His outstanding contributions to theater, principally in Los Angeles, prompted Playwrights' Arena Artistic Director Jon Lawrence Rivera this year to rename the company's prestigious aw…