Word: beaumont
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beginning to seem as if Mrs. Warren's Profession is as old as Mrs. Warren's profession. Still, after 70 years, the market for both remains strong. Producer Joseph Papp's new mounting at Manhattan's Vivian Beaumont Theater is an opportunity to see again Shaw's comedy about a fallen woman who is as prosperous and self-justified as any other successful capitalist...
...remedy such situations, the federal courts have frequently ordered cities to bus children to neighborhoods far from their homes. In addition to Boston and Louisville, cities now being forced by courts to bus include Miami; Corpus Christi and Beaumont, Texas; Charlotte, N.C.; Denver; San Francisco; Springfield...
...event, the stage makes different demands, and in the present instance Ullmann is simply not up to them. This is not entirely her fault. Her marvelously expressive face and luminous blue eyes perform exquisite miracles in camera closeups. In the vast spaces of Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater these precious attributes, and their power to move, are lost...
...cast is exemplary. In the key role of Alexander, Dick Anthony Williams strikes a plangent note of pain. The rest of the cast is incomparably finer than this derelict play deserves. Producer Joseph Papp, at whose Vivian Beaumont Theater Black Picture Show is being presented, demonstrates again his illusory belief in the power of drama to effect social change, and his un flinching generosity to a fledgling play wright by giving him a chance to begin, learn and try again...
Before Joseph Papp took over New York's problem-plagued Vivian Beaumont Theater in 1973, Brown was considered for the job, but insists he would not have taken it. Says he: "The director of Lincoln Center is a driven man." He adds, "I think all good work in the theater comes from relaxation. At Long Wharf I have New York exposure when I want it and a board of directors who understand that theater today, like opera and ballet, is not going to make money." Although Long Wharf now plays to 90% capacity in an eight-month season...