Peter Shaffer

  Alexandru Mihail directs the Yale School of Drama production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" Jan. 24 to 28 at 8 p.m. at the University Theatre, 222 York St., New Haven. There is a 2 op.m. performance on Saturday, Jan. 28. The cast includes Josia...

Margaret Tyzack British actress on stage, screen and television Margaret Tyzack, 79, a British actress perhaps best known to American audiences for her roles in the acclaimed BBC television series "The Forsyte Saga" and "I, Claudius," died Saturday in...

Director Leigh Silverman and David Henry Hwang at a rehearsal for "Chinglish," running through July 24 at the Goodman Theatre. At the recent Printers Row Lit Fest in June, a theater fan asked playwright David Henry Hwang to provide more......

SAN DIEGO -- History doesn’t record whether Shakespeare was much of a fashionista, but he sure had a keen eye for resonant bits of fabric. There’s Desdemona’s telltale, plot-driving handkerchief in “Othello,” for example, and...

Broadway's 'How to Succeed' on hiatus as Daniel Radcliffe promotes 'Harry Potter'...

In "Amadeus" at the Old Globe in San Diego, Mozart and Salieri make compelling theatrical music together....

Peter Shaffer's "Equus," with its mix of sexuality, obsession, religion and nudity is not an easy play to watch, neither comforting nor uplifting. So FantasyLand Theatrical Productions, which opened the Pointe Performing Arts Center last summer,...

The summer theater season has scarcely come to a close and already there are some who are planning for next year. The Old Globe in San Diego announced that its 2011 summer lineup will feature six main productions including Shakespeare's......

Peter Shaffer’s “Equus,” with its mix of sexuality, obsession, religion and nudity is not an easy play to watch, neither comforting nor uplifting. So FantasyLand Theatrical Productions, which opened the Pointe Performing Arts Center last...

Casting announced for Old Globe's 2011 Shakespeare Festival...

I know, I know — you’re all just dying to hear how Moisés Kaufman, the writer and director of “33 Variations,� which opened Wednesday at the Ahmanson Theatre, explains the origins of Beethoven’s “The Diabelli Variations.� I’ll get to...

1,2,3 Fag!: Local comics Seth Dodson ("Impress These Apes" champion), John Hartman ("Baby Wants Candy") and Kellen Alexander (from iO and The Playground teams) perform an interconnected, four-scene improv set with multiple characters. The Katydids and...