Michael Halberstam is a co-founder of the Writers Theatre in Glencoe, and he resigned from his position as artistic director in 2021. He has held this position since the theater's creation 30 years ago. Halberstam's resigning came after the theatre received complaints about his workplace comments and conduct. ... read more
Austin Pendleton is an American Actor, Director, and Playwright. He made his New York debut in Oh Dad, Poor Dad,... by Arthur Kopit and his Broadway debut in Fiddler on the Roof, both directed by Jerome Robbins. Most recently on Broadway, he was in The Minutes. Other Broadway credits include The Diary of Anne Frank with Natalie Portman and Linda Lavin, Choir Boy, Grand Hotel, Doubles, The Runner Stumbles, Goodtime Charley, An American Millionaire, Hail Scrawdyke!. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for the 1981 revival of The Little Foxes. BroadwayOff-Broadway, he won ... read more
George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin and moved to London in 1876, where he established himself as a leading music and theater critic, novelist and playwright. An ardent socialist, he fought for equal rights for men and women and against the exploitation of the working class. Most of his writings examine these injustices. In addition to Candida, his major plays (he wrote over 50) include The Doctor's Dilemma, You Never Can Tell, Mrs. Warren's Profession, The Devil's Disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, Misalliance, Man and Superman, Major Barbara, Androcles and the Lion, Pygmalion, Heartbreak House and Saint Joan. Shaw received ... read more
Michael Halberstam is a co-founder of the Writers Theatre in Glencoe, and he resigned from his position as artistic director in 2021. He has held this position since the theater's creation 30 years ago. Halberstam's resigning came after the theatre received complaints about his workplace comments and conduct. ... read more
Broadway credits include: The Lyons, Lysistrata Jones, Grey Gardens (Tony and Drama Desk Nominations, Henry Hewes Award), Thurgood, The Little Dog Laughed, The Constant Wife, Twelve Angry Men. Off-Broadway credits include: Log Cabin (Playwrights Horizons), Giant (The Public Theater) and four seasons of Encores! (New York City Center). Extensive opera credits include Orfeo ed Euridice for the Metropolitan Opera and productions for New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera Company, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera and Opera Theater of St. Louis. Also, Romeo and Juliet; On ... read more
