Egos the size of planets, green-eyed jealousies everywhere, a fog of terrifying uncertainty: To write a play about such fascinating giants as Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles at a critical point in ...

Although it features works by some of my favorite playwrights, I’ve never had much use for British author and essayist Kenneth Tynan’s notoriously naked theatrical revue Oh! Calcutta!. But before he ...

If the current season didn’t feature “The Gospel According to Guirgis,” Austin Pendleton would surely take the prize for audacity. “Orson’s Shadow” imagines the turbulent London premiere of Ionesco’s ...