Prestige Can’t Halt Downfall of Theater

By KATE TAYLOR

Just months after the director Kate Whoriskey became artistic director of Intiman Theater, she learned it was broke. In April the theater’s board of trustees voted to close it and layoff the staff.

Daring to Overcome the Difficulties of 'Problem Plays'

By MATT WOLF

New productions in London tackle plays by Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams.

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Broadway Triple Bill: Woody Allen, Elaine May and Ethan Coen

By PATRICK HEALY

Woody Allen described his one-act play, “Honeymoon Motel,” which will open in October, as “a broad comedy, for laughs, no redeeming social value.”

Pam Gems, British Playwright, Dies at 85

By WILLIAM GRIMES

Ms. Gems explored the temperament of impassioned, embattled artists and politically engaged women in works like “Piaf” and “Stanley.”

Broadway Union Takes On ‘Priscilla’ Over Music

By PATRICK HEALY

Local 802 is going after “Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” hoping to undercut the use of recordings in theater.

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Doric Wilson, Playwright and Mainstay of Gay Theater, Dies at 72

By DENNIS HEVESI

Mr. Wilson, a pivotal player in the Off Off Broadway movement, got his start at Caffe Cino in Greenwich Village.

Tackling the Problems of Appalachia, Theatrically

By SABRINA TAVERNISE

With “Higher Ground,” a series of plays based on life in Kentucky coal country, Robert Gipe and colleagues have tried to help lift an area’s spirits.