-- PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE DEC. 31, 2017. -- Ayad Akhtar, the Pulizer Prize-winning author and playwright, in New York, Aug. 7, 2017. In a world of digital dehumanization, Akhtar sees live theater as an antidote. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)