Playwright Matthew López made history by becoming the first Latino to win the Tony Award for best play. On stage at the Winter Garden Theater on Sunday night, López paid tribute to “three queer men” ...

Bertolt Brecht has written 36 shows including Die Sieben Todsünden (Lyricist), Mother (Playwright), Galileo (Playwright), The Good Woman of Setzuan (Playwright), Brecht on Brecht (Lyricist), Man is ...

Terrence McNally has written 41 shows including The Lady of the Carnellias (Playwright), Maggie May (Playwright), And Things That Go Bump in the Night (Playwright), Here's Where I Belong (Bookwriter), ...

Tom Stoppard, a five-time Tony-winning British playwright who also won an Oscar for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare in Love,” has died, his agency said Saturday. He was 88 years old. “We are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeryl Brunner covers theater, entertainment and lifestyle stories. Mfoniso Udofia was a student at Wellesley College, firmly ...

Scant pay and no health insurance, not to mention writer’s block and the constant search for an audience — all just part of the real-life drama for a playwright trying to make it in America today.

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Finally tonight: the legacy of Sam Shepard, one of America's greatest playwrights of the modern era, who passed away today. Jeffrey Brown has our remembrance. His was an original voice, a deeply ...

“Be not afraid of greatness,” Shakespeare encouraged us. Easy for him to say! But when it comes to the theater, how do we determine greatness today? And which writers deserve that accolade? In search ...

Playwright Wendy Wasserstein died Monday in New York City after battling cancer. She was 55 years old. Day to Day has this remembrance of her prolific career and award-winning plays that celebrated ...