Nine named to 2015 class of Theatre Hall of Fame

Nine named to 2015 class of Theatre Hall of Fame

The 2015 class of the Theatre Hall of Fame, chosen by ATCA members and current members of the Hall, includes composer-lyricist team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, lighting designer Ken Billington, publicist Merle Debuskey, director Robert Falls, actor Stacy Keach, playwright Tony Kushner, director-designer Julie Taymor and the late actor-director Roger Rees. Their induction will be celebrated Nov. 16 at the Gershwin Theatre, where names of Hall members are mounted in the upper lobbies in letters of gold. Producing the induction is Terry Hodge Taylor. For further information: Playbill; Hall of Fame; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; ATCA archive of Hall inductions.