118 stories by "BRUCE WEBER"
His 1962 family history "The Rothschilds" became a Broadway musical.
Ms. Malina, with her husband, Julian Beck, created a troupe that advanced the idea of political theater in America.
Mr. Saks, who switched from acting to directing in midcareer, won three Tony Awards and became the leading interpreter of the plays of Neil Simon.
Mr. Schambelan started the company Theater Breaking Through Barriers as a vehicle for vision-impaired actors to perform their craft.
Mr. Herrmann could be formidable or friendly and was often cast in movies and on television in affluent roles as a lawyer, judge or millionaire.
Ms. Whitelaw, an English actress, first encountered Samuel Beckett's work at the National Theater in London in 1964.
Mr. Macdonald worked with classical, contemporary and regional material, from Bach to Gilbert and Sullivan and on to Leonard Cohen.
Mr. Briggs's career bridged the history of tap from Bill (Bojangles) Robinson to Savion Glover.
Mike Nichols, one of America's most celebrated directors, whose long, protean résumé of critic- and crowd-pleasing work earned him adulation both on Broadway and in Hollywood, died on Wedn…
A soloist with Ballet Theater, Mr. Saddler made his Broadway musical theater debut in 1947, and he went on to win two Tonys as a Broadway choreographer.
Inspired by essays by urban children, Mr. Schapiro had the idea for what became a "dark and lovely" Broadway musical.
As a director at Second City and Steppenwolf and a department chairman at Columbia College, Mr. Patinkin helped to develop Chicago's robust theatrical scene.
Ms. Goodwin became a theater producer at a time when few women were associated with finding sources of capital.
Shows Mr. Tahse produced included a revival of "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" for syndication.
Ms. Rodgers, born into American musical theater royalty, wrote the music for "Once Upon a Mattress" and the novel "Freaky Friday."
Mr. Vaughan, who got his start directing the first productions of the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1956, professed a loyalty to the text and an aversion to "revisionist approaches."
Ms. Dee, whose most famous performance was a supporting role in "A Raisin in the Sun," was a leading advocate for civil rights, along with her husband, Ossie Davis.
Mr. Balding staged Broadway and Off Broadway plays but may have been best known for Circus Flora, which starred an orphaned baby African elephant.
Irrepressible and fiercely opinionated, Mr. Marowitz led an unusual theatrical life in both England and the United States as a director, playwright, teacher and critic.
"Paul Robeson," which starred James Earl Jones and opened on Broadway in 1978, was considered by black intellectuals to be insufficiently complex and eventually derailed the writer's career.
Ms. Frelich won the Tony for best actress in a play for her groundbreaking Broadway star turn in 1980 in "Children of a Lesser God."
Mr. Feist was a playwright and director who worked as a public-school teacher when he started the nonprofit organization.
Mr. Lee wrote more than a dozen stage works, but his best-known play was "The First Breeze of Summer," which was nominated for a Tony Award.
Ms. Crouse, a force behind the creation of the 40-year-old TKTS booth, also helped revitalize the struggling Lincoln Center Theater.
Mr. Tibbs, sentenced to death in 1974 for a murder and rape in Florida, was one of six people whose stories of wrongful conviction and near execution were told in the play "The Exonerated."&…
