Edward Albee’s Gifts: Humor, Persistence, Generosity
He kept returning to his work with more to say and more ways to say it; we keep returning to his work because we can feel the love.
He kept returning to his work with more to say and more ways to say it; we keep returning to his work because we can feel the love.
My late colleague and a friend did more to elevate playwrights than any other theatre leader I’ve known.
Though a quiet presence offstage, onstage he sprang to life in a wide variety of roles over a long and busy career.
At Stratford and on Broadway, he was a master craftsman and perfect gentleman. And who else could have had a career ranging from Hamlet to Lady Bracknell?
The Irish playwright’s international success began after an inspiring experience at the Guthrie Theater.
The iconic actor was also a great artistic director, a tireless theatre enthusiast, and a gracious mentor to young artists.
If the late director was tireless, it wasn’t for his own sake. He demanded as much from himself as he did from others, and we are all the richer for it.
A playwright remembers the late actor’s grace under fire, and the memorable fury with which she delivered a simple five-word line.
The Chicago Dramatists leader nurtured generations of playwrights with weekly readings. They in turn formed the family that gathered around him as his health declined.
The Living Theatre cofounder embodied ‘beautiful, nonviolent anarchist revolution’ in her life and her art.