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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Wednesday, November 25, 2015 NYTimes.com/Theater » Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Get all digital access to The Times for just 99¢. A Career With No Sunset Chad Batka for The New York Times Sheldon Harnick, 'Fiddler on the Roof' Lyricist, Busier Than Ever at 91 By MICHAEL PAULSON Involved with five productions this season, he has no intention of retiring. Video A Legendary Lyricist By GARETH SMIT Sheldon Harnick is a titan of musical theater, best known for writing the words to "Fiddler on the Roof." Now he's 91, and he's not slowing down. ADVERTISEMENT News and Features Turn Off Your Devices? Sometimes Plays Turn Them On By MICHAEL PAULSON Increasingly, playwrights regard digital communications as essential plot elements, and try different ways of dramatizing them. Jackie Hoffman Kvetches Her Way to Royalty in 'Once Upon a Mattress' By ALEXIS SOLOSKI The actress, known for her tart comebacks and acerbic perspective, steps into her first lead role, as Princess Winnifred in a revival of "Once Upon a Mattress." Lois Smith's Year of Working Constantly By ALEXIS SOLOSKI A professional actress since 1952, Ms. Smith has never been busier, now coming to Playwrights Horizons in the futuristic "Marjorie Prime." Reviews In 'Important Hats of the Twentieth Century,' Saggy Jeans and Sweatshirts Make a 1930s Incursion By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Neil Jones's play at City Center focuses on warring fashion designers, including one who travels to the future for inspiration. Naomi Wallace's 'Night Is a Room' Unfurls a Complex Reunion By LAURA COLLINS- HUGHES As a birthday present for her husband, a woman sets up a surprise meeting for him with his biological mother in this play, at Signature Theater. Rockettes in 'Radio City Christmas Spectacular' By LAUREL GRAEBER The Rockettes once again are kicking off the holiday season at Radio City Music Hall, with a few new flourishes. ADVERTISEMENT Broadway News Broadway's Tony Awards Move From Radio City to Beacon Theater for 2016 By MICHAEL PAULSON 'The Humans' Sets Broadway Opening Date By SCOTT HELLER 'Motown' Will Return to Broadway Next Summer By LORNE MANLY A Mixed Week for Plays at Broadway Box Office By ERIK PIEPENBURG 'Singin' in the Rain' Coming to Broadway From Paris By ROSLYN SULCAS 'Dames at Sea' Will Close on Broadway By LORNE MANLY Critics' Picks In 'Steve,' Contemplating Middle Age and Monogamy By BEN BRANTLEY 'A View From the Bridge' Bears Witness to the Pain of Fate By BEN BRANTLEY 'Pike St.,' Where One Woman Speaks for All By CHARLES ISHERWOOD 'Henry IV,' Donmar Warehouse's All-Female Version 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 2015 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018