Bob Scales, a Down-to-Earth Theatre Giant
The Guthrie’s first TD and a longtime theatre dean at USC, he launched countless careers with his unassuming, get-to-work ethos.
Category Archives: In Memoriam
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: 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.
