Though he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and though he was the first American playwright to use the device of a flashback (in his first play, 1914's On Trial), today Elmer Rice doesn't get the respect or attention of a Eugene O'Neill or even a Clifford Odets. An eclectic writer, Rice alternated between experimental works and commercial pieces, courtroom thrillers and agit-prop social dramas, but contemporary critics deride his plain language and melodramatic plotting and view him as a very minor figure on the theatre history landscape.

Joe Manganiello, who plays Alcide Herveaux on HBO's "True Blood," makes his return to the stage as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which begins previews Sept. 20 at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT.

Joe Manganiello, who plays Alcide Herveaux on HBO's "True Blood," makes his return to the stage as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which begins previews Sept. 20 at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT.

We visit fresh London productions of Pygmalion, Much Ado About Nothing, The Servant of Two Masters, The Cherry Orchard, A Delicate Balance and more.

We visit fresh London productions of Pygmalion, Much Ado About Nothing, The Servant of Two Masters, The Cherry Orchard, A Delicate Balance and more.

Another Gypsy, another parody. Broadway's 12th Annual Gypsy of the Year, a culmination of weeks of fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, took to parodying the current Broadway offerings, laughing at Aida, Seussical and Rocky Horror Show and looking ahead to next year with jabs at 42nd Street and the entire Spring season.

Following its six-week run at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre, the North American tour of the musical Fame will make its U.S. debut in Philadelphia at the Merriam Theatre on Dec. 27. Fame opened in Toronto Nov. 9 and played there until Dec. 19.

Following its six-week run at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre, the North American tour of the musical Fame will make its U.S. debut in Philadelphia at the Merriam Theatre on Dec. 27. Fame opened in Toronto Nov. 9 and will play there until Dec. 19.

After two years of success in the West End and touring throughout Europe, the musical Fame will at last launch a North American tour, beginning Nov. 9, at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre.

After two years of success in the West End and touring throughout Europe, the musical Fame will at last launch a North American tour, beginning Nov. 9, at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre.

After two years of success in the West End and touring throughout Europe, the musical Fame will at last launch a North American tour, beginning Nov. 9, at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre.

A record 46 recipients of the University of Georgia's 73rd Annual Peabody Awards were announced April 2. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board from almost 1,100 entries, comprise the best in electronic media for the year 2013.