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Herbert Blau
May 1, 2014
Todd London named new executive director of UW School of Drama
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Todd London, artistic director of New Dramatists, a playwriting center in New York, has been named the new executive director of the University of Washington School of Drama.
May 8, 2013
Herbert Blau remembered as teacher, history-making theater pioneer
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Herbert Blau, who died on May 3, will be remembered as a theater innovator and scholar who introduced American audiences to avant-garde playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter.