The Pirates of Penzance
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Joseph Papp (born Joseph Papirofsky; June 22, 1921 – October 31, 1991) was an American theatrical producer and director. He established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in Lower Manhattan. There Papp created a year-round producing home to focus on new plays and musicals.
May 23, 2022 · From 1954 until his death in 1991, Joe Papp brought more theater to more people than any other producer in history. Read about his life.
Joseph Papp (born June 22, 1921, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died October 31, 1991, New York, New York) was an American theatrical producer and director, founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater. He was a major innovative force in the American theater in the second half of the 20th century.
Nov 1, 1991 · Joseph Papp, director of the New York Shakespeare Festival and one of the most influential producers in the history of the American theater, died yesterday at his home in Greenwich Village....
Jun 6, 2022 · Theater critic David Cote explores the legacy of Joe Papp, the man who brought free Shakespeare to Central Park and nurtured new talent in the American theater.
Jun 3, 2022 · Papp’s rise from the rough-and-tumble Brooklyn streets to free Shakespeare in a church basement to the largest nonprofit theater in America is told in Joe Papp in Five Acts, a new American Masters documentary airing on PBS on June 3, directed and produced by Holder and Thorsen.
Joseph Papp. Theatrical producer and director; founder in 1954 of the New York Shakespeare Festival and in 1967 of the Public Theatre. Through his efforts and foresight, "Hair" (1967) and "A Chorus Line" (1975), among other productions, came to the Broadway stage.
Jan 1, 1992 · Joseph Papp, founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater, died on Oct. 31, 1991. He was 70. Joseph Papp was the most powerful and influential man in the American theatre, dominating his world through the force of his own dazzling paradoxical personality.
Featuring rare footage from the 50s to Papp’s death in 1991 and up-close scenes from the performances themselves, American Masters: Joe Papp in Five Acts tells his story without narration.
Nov 13, 2009 · A scrappy Brooklyn kid, the son of a Yiddish-speaking trunk maker, Papp, who never went to college, founded and ran for decades two of New York City’s signal cultural landmarks, the New York ...
