Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Albee, the author of dozens of plays, member of the Dramatists Guild Council, and president of the Edward F. Albee Foundation, was born March 12, 1928. He was awarded the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1980 and in 1996 received the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts. Albee passed away September 16, 2016.
His play Three Tall Women makes its Broadway debut this season starring Glenda Jackson, Laurie Metcalf, and Alison Pill, at the Golden Theatre. Additionally, The Signature Theatre production of Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo recently extended a second time, now playing through March 25.
Flip through some of Albee's stage highlights below:
Jane Hoffman and Sudie Bond in American Dream
Nancy Cushman and Sudie Bond in American Dream
Uta Hagen, Arthur Hill, and George Grizzard in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George Grizzard and Uta Hagen in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Colleen Dewhurst and Lou Antonio in The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Lou Antonio and William Prince in The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Eric Berry, John Gielgud, Irene Worth, William Hutt and John Heffernan in Tiny Alice
John Gielgud and Irene Worth in Tiny Alice
Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn in A Delicate Balance
Mary Tyler Moore and Richard Chamberlain in Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Mary Tyler Moore in Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Mary K. Wells, Augusta Dabney, M'el Dowd, and Beatrice Staight in Everything in the Garden
Rae Allen and Helen Page Camp in The Death of Bessie Smith
Harold Scott, Rae Allen, and John McCurry in The Death of Bessie Smith
Edward Albee and the cast of All Over. (Front) George Voskovec, Colleen Dewhurst, Edward Albee, Jessica Tandy, and Madeline Sherwood (Back): Neil Fitzgerald, James Ray, and Betty Field
Deborah Kerr in Seascape
Deborah Kerr and Barry Nelson in Seascape
Rosemary Harris and Elaine Stritch in A Delicate Balance
Mary Beth Hurt and George Grizzard in A Delicate Balance
Marian Seldes, Myra Carter, and Jordan Baker in Three Tall Women
Myra Carter, Marian Seldes, and Jordan Baker in Three Tall Women
Mercedes Ruehl and Bill Pullman in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Mercedes Ruehl and Bill Pullman in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Carol Rosegg
Bill Irwin, Mirelle Enos, Kathleen Turner, and David Harbour in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Photo by Joan Marcus
Kathleen Turner in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Photo by Carol Rosegg
Frances Sternhagen and George Grizzard in Seascape
Frances Sternhagen and George Grizzard in Seascape
Tyne Daly in Me, Myself and I
Photo by T. Charles Erickson
The cast of The Lady From Dubuque
Photo by Joan Marcus
Jane Alexander in The Lady From Dubuque
Photo by Joan Marcus
Amy Morton and Tracy Letts in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Michael Brosilow
Tracy Letts in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Michael Brosilow
John Lithgow, Glenn Close, and Lindsay Duncan in A Delicate Balance
Brigitte Lacombe
Lithgow and Glenn Close in A Delicate Balance
Photo by Brigitte Lacombe
Glenda Jackson, Alison Pill, and Laurie Metcalf
Brigitte Lacombe
Glenda Jackson and Laurie Metcalf
Glenda Jackson
Brigitte Lacombe
Alison Pill, Glenda Jackson, and Laurie Metcalf
Glenda Jackson
