Joseph Papp Public Theater [Newman Theater]'s current show is The Harder They Come which opened on 3/15/2023. How many seats does Joseph Papp Public Theater [Newman Theater] have? Joseph Papp ...

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. Shakespeare would be shocked to ...

It was and is a production of the Public Theater, which Papp also founded and where he invented the system—as longtime Papp associate Bernard Gersten lays it out—of workshopping productions ...

There's a new book out about legendary theater producer Joseph Papp. Kenneth Turan's book is called Free for All: Joe Papp, the Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told.

Joe Papp in Five Acts Pulls Back the Curtain on the Career, Social Vision and Impact of The Public Theater’s Joe Papp.. Ahead of the 60th Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare in The Park at ...

Authors who want to take their unpublished works to the grave do not always get what they wish for. Franz Kafka famously ordered his manuscripts to be burned after his death, and his order was ...

‘Illyria’ Theater Review: Joe Papp’s Company Presents a Warts-and-All Look at the Man. Richard Nelson’s new play is a must-see for anyone who cares about the theater.

Joe Papp: An American Life By Helen Epstein, Little Brown, $24.95, 473 pp. The subtitle of this admiring but finely balanced biography might seem unrealistic mythologizing or starry-eyed hype. Joe … ...

Read an excerpt from "Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told" by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp.

In the late 1980s LA Times writer Kenneth Turan began to conduct interviews of over 160 people close to Joeseph Papp to produce a book about his life. This process lasted for over 18 months, and ...

The Phoenix Theater’s production of “The Seagull” marked Montgomery Clift’s big return to the theater, in 1954, after a decade of making movies in Hollywood. Unfortunately, the first ...