59 stories by "William Grimes"
One of his country's great theater actors, he went on to appear in over 100 films during a decades-long career.
Sidney Poitier, whose Academy Award for the 1963 film "Lilies of the Field" made him the first Black performer to win in the best-actor category, rose to prominence when the civil rights mov…
Outraged at conformity and drawn to theatricality, Mr. Williams aimed to effect change with language.
Mr. Sherin directed James Earl Jones on Broadway in "The Great White Hope" and enjoyed a successful career in television.
An actress by training, Ms. Lavey was artistic director of Steppenwolf Theater during a period of great expansion.
Beyond that heralded TV series and plays for television, Mr. Morahan's career spanned the stage and film.
Her soaring, gospel-rooted voice was heard on Broadway in "Inner City," "Black and Blue" and her long-running one-woman show, "Me and Bessie."
The inner lives of black women was often the focus of Ms. Carlos, a multifaceted award winner who also was a writer and director.
Mr. Steiner worked a broad variety of jobs and was, among other things, a poker champion.
Mr. Davidson helped establish Los Angeles as a West Coast capital of regional theater.
After becoming the youngest director to win a Tony, at 28, he went on to direct films and other plays, even after being paralyzed in an accident.
Mr. McMartin was known for his versatility and for being a favorite of Bob Fosse, Harold Prince and Stephen Sondheim.
Mr. Gest, who was briefly married to Liza Minnelli, was a constant presence on British television, as a guest in a reality series and as the star of his own show.
The composer, writer and director worked on numerous productions, including "Runaways" and "Kasper Hauser," that, she said, "should reflect what and how we are now."
Mr. Duffy, a prolific writer of symphonic music and operas, was the founder and longtime director of the organization Meet the Composer.
Mr. Bibb, an actor turned folk singer, made his Broadway debut in 1946 in "Annie Get Your Gun," and earned a Tony nomination for "A Hand Is on the Gate" from 1967.
A revival of the Eugene O'Neill play will open in the spring of 2016.
Mr. Elkins shocked the theater world in 1969 with the nudity-filled show “Oh! Calcutta!”
Mr. Jacoby helped create some of Jackie Gleason’s most memorable characters.
Mr. Donner was part of the British New Wave filmmakers with "The Caretaker" and "What's New Pussycat?"
Jay Landesman, a writer and editor whose journal Neurotica analyzed the anxieties of postwar America and whose Broadway musical, “The Nervous Set,” has been called the first (and…
Mr. Schlingensief, a German filmmaker, theater director and all-purpose gadfly, waged a tireless assault on received opinion in the arts and politics.
In 1989 he became the drama critic of The Sunday Telegraph of London.
Mr. Elkins shocked the theater world in 1969 with the nudity-filled show “Oh! Calcutta!”
