Herbert Blau was born on 3 May 1926 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Kathleen Middlekauff Woodward and Beatrice Manley. He died on 3 May 2013 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
[berating the conventionality of theater, in 1964] There are times when, confronted with the despicable behavior of people in the American theater, I feel like Lear on the heath, wanting to kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!