A Fresh Start for Royal Court Theater

NYTimes.com: Regime change in the theater, as elsewhere, can be tricky. What happens if the newly arrived leader of a particular playhouse lacks the sparkle or élan of the person who came before? One’s sympathies, for instance, go out to whoever ends up following Nicholas Hytner as head of the National Theatre. His tenure, still some way from finished, will be a tough act to follow.