Joseph may be a gifted young playwright but he has pretty much hit the jackpot by landing the 59-year-old Williams, who stalks this fascinating, ambitious play about war as a restless tiger's ghost in ...

Ghosts can be a storyteller’s best friends. They’re spooky, they can defy the laws of physics, they’re less predictably predatory than vampires, and they’re better conversationalists than zombies.

The cast of "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" includes (from left) Parker Fitzgerald, Cliff Stephens and Akron Watson. For centuries, playwrights have taken great pleasure in putting ghosts onstage.

2011 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Music in a Play Kathryn Bostic 2011 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Play Rajiv Joseph 2011 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Set Design Derek McLane 2011 Drama Desk Awards ...