Sam Gold works to revive 'Picnic' — and William Inge's standing
Sam Gold directs William Inge's Pulitzer-winning 'Picnic' in a New York production that could restore the reputation of the late playwright.NEW YORK — Sixty years ago next month, playwright William Inge's "Picnic" opened on Broadway, establishing the Kansas-born playwright as one of the theater's brightest lights, considered the equal of Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller.