Hal Prince: A Portrait in Song (and 2 Rewrites)
Among the legendary producer/director’s many gifts was an unflinching faith in his work, which was infectious if not imitable.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Undermain’s Katherine Owens, Theatre Visionary
The Dallas troupe’s founding artistic director left a legacy of new and experimental work, both in her adopted hometown and around the world.
Mark Medoff: Communication and Connection
Playwright Mark Medoff, who won the Tony and the Olivier for his play Children of a Lessser God and who taught screenwriting and acting the University of New Mexico for 27 years, died on April 23 at the age of 79. I first met Mark Medoff at an audition. It was at the Mark Taper Forum annex in Los Angeles, and I was reading for him and the director Gordon Davidson, for a role in Mark’s new play, Children of a Lesser God. Though I had…
Remembering the Impish, Adventurous Ed Stern
In every show he directed at my theatre, he’d always try to work in a cigar prop and hide a six-pack of beer somewhere on the set.
John O’Neal’s Invitation to Make the World a Better Place
Civil Rights activism and theatre were integrally intertwined in the life’s work of the founder of Free Southern Theater and Junebug Productions.
Galt MacDermot, a Mystery Except at the Piano
We were just two gentlemen who worked on a show together, but oh, the music he made.
Alvin Epstein: Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On
In his years at Yale Rep and ART, this extraordinarily versatile actor/director set the bar for generations of stage artists.
Micki Hobson, a Force in the Arts for 5 Decades
The title ‘arts management consultant’ doesn’t capture the wide-ranging passion and commitment she brought to her career and her life.
James Greene (1926-2018)
Debuting on Broadway 1951, he acted in Lincoln Center Rep and APA-Phoenix Rep at the start of a long New York and regional career.
Fornés and the Magic in the Room
The free writing she taught us may have opened us up, but she also subtly framed and shaped our sense of theatrical form.