Actor Keith McDermott on Robert Wilson’s Legacy and Ghostwriting His Memoir: “I Saw a Robert Wilson Play and It Changed My Life”

Before he died in 2025, Wilson, the influential artist and theater director, asked McDermott to help tell his “life stories,” which included cameos from Marlene Dietrich, Otis Redding, and Diana Vreeland. Here McDermott reflects on Wilson’s boundary-pushing career and their longtime friendship.