The daughter of a prominent newscaster and granddaughter of a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and poet, Tina Howe always knew she was destined to become a writer. A Parisian production of Eugene Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano" sealed her commitment to the stage. Over a career that spans five decades, Howe has fulfilled her early premonition with works-including "Museum," "Painting Churches," "Approaching Zanzibar" and "Pride's Crossing"-that are both deeply moving and wildly funny.