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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Wednesday, July 6, 2016 NYTimes.com/Theater » Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Get all digital access to The Times for just 99¢. Heather Headley with her sons, Jordan Chase, center, and John David, in a play room next to her dressing room. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Heather Headley's 15-Year Intermission By MICHAEL PAULSON The actress, who won a Tony Award at 26, returns to Broadway at 41 with a new fierceness and maturity in "The Color Purple." ADVERTISEMENT News and Features James Houghton: The 'Samurai Spirit' of Signature Theater By BEN BRANTLEY Mr. Houghton started Signature in 1991, devoting each season to the work of a single dramatist. A cancer diagnosis has led him to resign. Meryl Streep, Diane Lane and Others on the Legacy of Elizabeth Swados By ERIC GRODE Actors, directors and theater-world figures look back on the life and work of Ms. Swados, who died in January. Edward Snowden Will Join Daniel Radcliffe in 'Privacy,' via Video By MICHAEL PAULSON Beginning this weekend, Mr. Snowden will appear in performances of the play at the Public Theater with Mr. Radcliffe, who plays a writer in the show. Actors With Disabilities Are Ready, Willing and Able to Take More Roles By ALEXIS SOLOSKI For performers with disabilities, theater casting has taken steps forward. But frustrating challenges remain. Critic's Notebook Broadway Comes to a Laptop Near You By MARGARET LYONS The first live stream of a Broadway musical, "She Loves Me," went smoothly, but not without artistic and technological complications. Brandon Victor Dixon to Join 'Hamilton' as Aaron Burr By MICHAEL PAULSON Mr. Dixon, currently portraying Eubie Blake in "Shuffle Along," has been nominated for a Tony Award twice. He joins the cast in mid-August. Reviews 'Tumacho,' a Rootin'-Tootin' Musical, Keeps Its Poker Face By BEN BRANTLEY This absurdist spoof explores notions of masculinity in a Wild West saloon, without its cast's cracking up. The audience needn't worry about the same. In 'The Animals,' What Schoolteachers Learned at the Lounge Room By ANITA GATES This engaging one-act directed by Gretchen Van Lente follows five teachers through the dramas of an academic school year. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for a Nimble Audience By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES In this outdoor production of a Shakespeare classic, audience members follow the actors around through the park. ADVERTISEMENT Critics' Picks Urban Nightmares as Puppets in 'The Paper Hat Game' By BEN BRANTLEY 'Hadestown' Reanimates a Well-Known Myth By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Friends Reunite for a Funeral, and Brutal Honesty, in 'The Healing' By CHARLES ISHERWOOD In 'Incognito,' the Brain Is Dramatic and Mysterious By BEN BRANTLEY FOLLOW THEATER FACEBOOK @nytimestheater Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps for just $0.99. Subscribe » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Theater Update newsletter.   (...)| Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise Copyright 2016 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018