William Inge

WHAT Hampton Theatre Company opens its season with the William Inge drama about snowbound passengers at a Midwest diner that doubles as a "Bus Stop." The Hollywood version starred Marilyn Monroe. WHEN|WHERE Tonight and tomorrow night at 8, Sunday at 2:30...

Amadeus *** "Amadeus" might look like a 1979 drama about two rival composers in the Austrian court, but it's really a meditation on genius, mediocrity and, above all, jealousy. Gary Griffin's rich revival has enigmatic performances from Robert Sella as...

•Broadway theaters will dim their lights tonight at curtain time to honor Paul Newman, who died last week at age 83. Newman appeared in five Broadway productions, starting in 1953 in William Inge's Picnic. He then appeared in Joseph Hayes' thriller...

Broadway will honor the life and career of Paul Newman by dimming theater marquees on Friday. The Broadway League, the industry's trade association, says theaters have agreed to dim the lights at exactly 8 p.m. for one minute in Newman's memory. The...

Paul Newman was as big a movie star as they came but he started his career in theater -- and, memorably, returned to it late in life. Tonight at 8 p.m., for one minute, Broadway theaters will dim their lights in memory of the actor who died Sept. 26 at...

You think of Paul Newman, and you smile. You think of his smile and you smile even wider. It was the last great movie-star grin. It seems that way today, anyway, in the wake of Newman's death Friday at age 83. He was a rogue you could trust. Across a...

Paul Newman the actor, director, race car driver, political activist and philanthropist has died - and a buoyant strain of the American spirit has gone with him. He was 83 when he succumbed to cancer at his home near Westport, Conn., on Friday. For all...

PAUL NEWMAN, who passed away Friday at 83 after a long battle with cancer, was a humanitarian, a loving husband and a race car driver, but most of all, he was an actor of perceptive intelligence, power and even simplicity. In his review of Newman's...

FRIDAY Picnic: David Cromer is one of Chicago's hottest directors and a man with a strong track record for revisionist productions of American classics. Here he takes on William Inge's iconic Kansas drama. Through Nov. 16 at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor...

If you have children, you might find David Cromer's intensely emotional revival of "Picnic" at Writers' Theatre almost too much to take. And if you happen to be single, lonely and of a certain age? Ditto. The oft-underrated William Inge, who won a...

You think of Paul Newman, and you smile. You think of his smile and you smile even wider. It was the last great movie star grin. It seems that way today, anyway, in the wake of Newman's death. He was a rogue you could trust. Across a full panoply of...

Paul Newman was a stage actor who became a movie star. A sex symbol who celebrated 50 years of marriage with his second wife. A grieving father who turned to philanthropy after the death of his only son. A citizen activist who campaigned for liberal...