There is no such thing as a wholly true play. The nature of the theater distorts reality, finding all sorts of holes in the historical record and inexorably filling them in. (Actors have to do ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matthews plays a character named Griffin, an out-of-work actor who’s kicked out of his church choir when it’s discovered he’s gay.

There is no such thing as a wholly true play. The nature of the theater distorts reality, finding all sorts of holes in the historical record and inexorably filling them in. (Actors have to do ...

Determined to find his place in the world, 20-something Griffin leaves his job and his New York City apartment to volunteer for a charity in Africa. But when his altruistic aspirations collide with ...

In 2005, an actor named Griffin Matthews volunteered to work at an orphanage in Uganda and returned home to start his own charitable organization. The writer-performer drew on that episode in his life ...

Ten years ago, Griffin Matthews was singing in a church choir when his pastor found out he was gay and kicked him out. Feeling depressed, he booked a ticket to Uganda for mission work. What happened ...

Diane Paulus has either burnished or tarnished the reputation of the American Repertory Theatre, the nonprofit company on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA where she is artistic director.