In Peter Shaffer’s play, “Amadeus,” unfulfilled composer Antonio Salieri calls himself “the patron saint of mediocrity.” This is the last word you’d associate with Skylight Musical Theatre’s ...

Playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died at the age of 90. Shaffer's agent, Rupert Lord, says Shaffer died Monday while on a visit to ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. CenterStage North Theatre proudly presents Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer, opening ...

It’s not hard to see why Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus (first produced in 1979) continues to hold such fascination for theatermakers and audiences. First, it’s a play about artists and their rivalries, and ...

It might seem to be about two 18th century Vienna composers, but Peter Shaffer’s masterful 1979 play “Amadeus,” which opened Sunday night at the Steppenwolf Theatre, is really a play about the late-in ...

There is a moment in "Amadeus," Peter Shaffer's drama about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, that is simultaneously wrenching and enchanting. That is when Antonio Salieri, Mozart's less-talented rival ...

Revisiting Peter Shaffer’s 1979 play Amadeus is no small feat. Joe Barton, the writer behind Netflix’s Black Doves, has taken on the challenge of reworking Shaffer’s dense account of Mozart’s life and ...

Peter Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He wrote numerous award-winning plays, most notably Equus and Amadeus, of which several were adapted into films.