- Joseph "Joe" Papp was an American theatrical producer and director
Born: | 22 June 1921 Comment | When did Joseph Papp die? / Died | 31 October 1991 | How many years did Joseph Papp live? / Lived | 70 years | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
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Joseph Papp facts
- Papp established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in downtown New York
- "The Public," as it is known, has many small theaters within it
- There, Papp created a year-round producing home to focus on new creations, both plays and musicals
- Among numerous examples of these creations were the works of David Rabe, Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Charles Gordone's No Place to Be Somebody (the first off-Broadway play to win the Pulitzer Prize), and Papp's production of Michael Bennett's Pulitzer Prize–winning musical, A Chorus Line
- Upon Papp's death, The Public Theater was renamed the Joseph Papp Public Theater
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