Entertainment & Arts
Robert Brustein, critic and pioneer who founded stage programs at Ivy League institutions, championed nonprofit theater and tangled with playwrights Samuel Beckett and August Wilson, dies at 96.
Oct. 29, 2023
Wilson said he wanted to show African American culture “in all its richness and fullness.” The plays, written over nearly a quarter of a century, are listed in order of the year in which they are set.
Oct. 3, 2005
Yale Repertory Lineup: Lloyd Richards, artistic director of the Yale Repertory Theatre, announced three plays for his last season with the company.
April 16, 1990
August Wilson reaches his goal of 10 plays set in 10 decades, all with black American themes.
Aug. 7, 2005
Going, Going: Lloyd Richards, dean of the Yale School of Drama and artistic director of the Yale Repertory Theatre since 1979, will leave both posts in June, 1991.
Jan. 30, 1990
Benjamin Mordecai, a theatrical producer and educator known for staging plays with social themes, particularly those by August Wilson from “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” to “Radio Golf,” has died.
May 11, 2005
Nobody can accuse David Chambers of false enthusiasm.
June 12, 1988
Newport Beach native Mark Rucker, an associate artist with South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, was awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Theatre Artist Residency Program, South Coast Repertory officials announced Thursday.
April 9, 1999
New Yale Rep Dean: Stan Wojewodski Jr., artistic director of Baltimore’s Center Stage, will replace Lloyd Richards as dean of the Yale School of Drama and artistic director of the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Jan. 11, 1991
“Critics are not accountable,” says Robert Brustein.
June 11, 1992