Plays

Actress Zoe Caldwell, Tony winner for ‘Medea,’ dies at 86

NEW YORK (AP) — Zoe Caldwell, a four-time Tony Award winner who brought humanity to larger-than-life characters, whether...
1:50 19 February 2022

Writer AE Hotchner, friend to Hemingway, Newman, dead at 102

A.E. Hotchner, a well-traveled author, playwright and gadabout whose street smarts and famous pals led to a loving, but litigated memoir of Ernest Hem...
4:20 16 February 2022

David Alan Grier is getting lots of kicks on Broadway

NEW YORK — When David Alan Grier was offered a chance to revisit one of his favorite plays on Broadway, he quickly agreed. He just forgot about all th...
15:15 30 January 2022

Elizabeth Spencer, ‘Light In the Piazza’ author, dies at 98

NEW YORK — Elizabeth Spencer, a grande dame of Southern literature who bravely navigated between the Jim Crow past and open-ended present in her novel...
16:03 24 December 2021

Blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86

NEW YORK — Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose long career playing tough guys included roles in “Fort Apache, the Bronx,” "Moonstruck"...
22:02 13 December 2021

Count community theater among holiday traditions for many

The Railsback family in North Carolina enjoys lots of conventional holiday festivities — get-togethers, special meals, exchanging gifts. But for the l...
13:59 12 November 2021

‘This Is Us’ takes on race, class and teenage love in Philly

LOS ANGELES — Two high schoolers are testing their fledgling relationship with a day on the town, a classic start to a screen romance. But on Tuesday'...
17:53 4 November 2021