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The Tony-nominated Ms. Rashad will star in 'Saint Joan,' Bernard Shaw's classic play.
A champion of playwrights and actors, he also directed Britain's National Theater, from 1973 to 1988.
After two years of sniping (and worse) from critics, Chris Dercon has finally taken the helm of Berlin's Volksbühne theater.
Also awarded for lifetime achievement were El Anatsui, Rafael Moneo and Youssou N'Dour.
Suzan-Lori Parks's Brechtian riff on Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" returns to the stage with a new vitality.
With acting and musical theater roles on the horizon, Mr. Fairchild, who starred in "An American in Paris," said he felt he needed to choose a direction.
His versatility as a composer of musicals was matched by his emotional ardor and political shrewdness.
The radical playwright imagined a utopia ruled by a great leader who embodied Russia's soul.
The playwright Michael Yates Crowley mixes unlikely genres in "The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias."
A versatile, cerebral and witty composer and lyricist, Mr. Friedman had a particular fascination with politics, which informed much of his work.
Creative adaptations abound, including Elevator Repair Service's "Measure for Measure" and a musical of "The Honeymooners." And don't forget "Frozen."
A revival of the musical at London's National Theater packs a punch - while a difficult, high-minded new work at the Almeida falls flat.
Sixteen performances will be rescheduled, disappointing ticket holders from as far away as Oklahoma and Japan.
A new musical at Minetta Lane Theater in Greenwich Village will feature music from Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter and other Grateful Dead members.
Houston's Alley Theater, drenched and damaged by the recent hurricane, is rising above the floodwaters with plans to salvage its productions.
Theater writers go down the shore with Harold and Kumar, Rosalita and Cynthia Erivo, with a side trip to the Stone Pony.
Ms. Lenk, who will reprise her role in "The Band's Visit" on Broadway, has mastered the art of delivering equal emotional weight in song or in silence.
A spate of revivals will allow audiences to consider what's changed, what hasn't, and what Bob Mackie has in the sequin drawer.
A new play about Papp, the founder of the Public Theater, sets the tone for a season of audacious interpretations of the Shakespeare canon.
An actress whose face was more familiar than her name, Ms. Nelson was seen onstage, in movies and on television for a half-century.
And: clothes before hellos; explaining a mysterious bodily odor; and the lady who lunched and brought leftovers home to her husband.
Andrew Garfield and Denise Gough will join Mr. Lane in the pair of acclaimed plays by Tony Kushner on Broadway next year.
Hollywood wants us to think that its films are for everyone, but our critics say that was never true. Still, they see a way forward.
Unknown talents " some joining high-profile projects like "Mean Girls," others creating brand-new work " will soon brighten New York theater.
The actress is back to starring as an Edwardian matriarch in "Time and the Conways," which begins performances on Sept. 14 in New York.
