Richards served as Dean of the Yale School of Drama, artistic director of Yale Repertory Theater and the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Connecticut. He lived his great dream doing what he loved doing and helping others realize their own great dreams. (Photo Don Hogan Charles, NY Times)
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
On Lloyd Richards . . . American Theatre Pioneer
Lloyd Richards, one of the most influential pioneers and champions of American Theatre died last Thursday on his 87th birthday. Richards brought the works of unknown writers Lorraine Hansbury and August Wilson to Broadway. He nurtured Wendy Wasserstein and Christopher Durang among others. 
Richards served as Dean of the Yale School of Drama, artistic director of Yale Repertory Theater and the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Connecticut. He lived his great dream doing what he loved doing and helping others realize their own great dreams. (Photo Don Hogan Charles, NY Times)
Richards served as Dean of the Yale School of Drama, artistic director of Yale Repertory Theater and the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Connecticut. He lived his great dream doing what he loved doing and helping others realize their own great dreams. (Photo Don Hogan Charles, NY Times)
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