Doug Wright just can’t stay away from weirdos. His play Quills dramatized the Marquis de Sade’s exploits, and I Am My Own Wife told the story of an East German transvestite informant. And now he’s written the book for a new musical, Grey Gardens.

Seven steps to Broadway, then drama club-and back.

Cate Blanchett on Ibsen’s female Hamlet—a role she was dragged into “a bit kicking and screaming.”

In his TV debut as Luke in The O.C. former Abercrombie & Fitch model Chris Carmack, 25, played Mischa Barton’s first boyfriend—and her mother’s booty call of choice. But now he stars as the object of Alec Baldwin’s advances in the Off Broadway production of Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr. Sloane.

Can real estate inspire great art?

Former child actor Eliza Dushku finds herself Off Broadway in the dark “Peanuts” parody Dog Sees God.

The Dancer's Life turns the story of Chita Rivera's life and career into a kind of meta-musical, with biography giving way to a mix of new and revived songs.

"I remember saying to my daughter, 'Lisa, if you see me doing something absolutely absurd, if I lose my mind one day and have too much makeup or my skirt's too short, please tell your mother.'"

Sondheim killed as Broadway showed a taste for butchery—not to mention molestation. Cherry Jones flew high as a nun, while Ethan Hawke wallowed in self-destruction. Amid revivals and nostalgic musicals, some playwrights proved they could smartly tackle current events. And Doug Hughes directed everything.

Jennifer Jason Leigh plays an extroverted striver in Abigail’s Party. Now, that’s a stretch.