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Jerome Robbins was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. Robbins was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame 10 years later, in 1989. Jerome Robbins Award
Oct 11, 2019 · When initially faced with those threats in 1950, Robbins had fled the country; eventually cornered by HUAC, he had chosen to testify rather than risk the blow to his career that would ensue if...
May 28, 2021 · When 79 individuals were subpoenaed in September 1947 by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and charged with subversive actions and/or injecting Communist propaganda into their movies, the repercussions career-wise for many of them were long and destructive.
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Jan 27, 2009 · (HUAC). For three years he resisted. But threatened by exposure of his homosexuality, he at length agreed to testify before HUAC and named eight people.
- Amanda Vaill
The noted dancer/choreographer/director Jerome Robbins on this day “named names” of people he had known as Communists to the House Un-American Activities Committee ( HUAC). The tragedy of his testimony was that he provided names out of fear of being exposed as a gay man.
Nov 6, 2018 · Film & TV. Why The Hollywood Blacklist Is A Jewish Story (And Also A Milwaukee Story) Jerome Robbins takes the oath before HUAC. Image by Getty Images. By Ellie Gettinger November 6, 2018. It...
Apr 17, 2019 · Like Lesser’s biography, the exhibit addresses Robbins’ psychological conflicts involving his family, his Jewish heritage, the HUAC testimony, and his gayness. At the entrance to the exhibit are two drawings by Robbins that contain within the frame the two quotations “Why can’t people just accept you?” and “If only they’d leave me ...
