LONDON " Britain's National Theatre on Tuesday named stage director and former actor Rufus Norris as its next chief. He is the first actor since Laurence Olivier to lead Britain's biggest and most influential theater company.Norris will take over in April 2015 from Nicholas Hytner, who has led the state-subsidized company through a decade of commercial and critical successes, including Broadway runs for shows such as…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:15AM on October 15, 2013