Mr. Albee moved to Greenwich Village and worked as a messenger for Western Union before gaining notice with “The Zoo Story,” a one-act play about two strangers meeting on a bench in Central Park. Written in 1958, it was first produced in Berlin, translated into German.

With “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and 1964’s “Tiny Alice,” he shook up a Broadway that had been dominated by Tennessee Williams, Mr. Miller and their intellectual disciples.

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” presents an all-night drinking bout in which a middle-age professor and his wife verbally spar and unravel their illusions during a visit by a younger couple. It won five Tonys.

Mr. Albee also directed the American premieres of many of his own plays.

Mr. Albee was honored by the Kennedy Center for theAbed Nadir may not have gotten his six seasons and a movie, but Danny Pudi remains thankful that Community had five.

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Playing Greendale’s resident pop-culture enthusiast gave the actor the opportunity to step into the shoes of everyone from Don Draper to Han Solo to various members of the show’s central study group.

Season 5 in particular, though, saw Abed dealing with an onslaught of changes, including a death in the college, the departure of his best friend and even the start of a romantic relationship, but Pudi rose to the challenge, grounding each reaction with a real sense of heart.

And that’s why TVLine included Pudi as a Dream Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Because after years without hearing