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...insecurity often found its into the episodes she recounted, the of the modern era she has discussing. With reflections rather despair, Miss Hellman criticized demands for overriding conformed and challenged the aims of such as Broadway, off-Broadway, and the House Committee on American Activities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hellman Speaks To Small Crowd at Loeb Center | 4/25/1961 | See Source »

...playwright accused Broadway of singularly intent upon praising goodness, normalcy... and ." At the same time, she off-Broadway has found nothing to but Togetherness isn't any good. big deal... This is as avant-Garde -puding." As for Hollywood, "The difference there between the words and 'God' is that 'money' has more letters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hellman Speaks To Small Crowd at Loeb Center | 4/25/1961 | See Source »

...People claim that the new forces in drama today are concerned with nihilism, anti-theater, anti-people, and anti-God," Edward Albee, author of the prize-winning off-Broadway play, "Zoo Story," declared last night. "Well, so they are. Be glad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Albee Sees Nihilism As Force in Drama | 3/27/1961 | See Source »

Commenting on theatrical trends, he noted that on Broadway, every season is called worse than the one before--and it's usually true. More and more of Broadway is being left to expensive musicals and those serious plays like "Under the Yum-Yum Tree," and "jazz like that." He observed that off-Broadway has become "the conscience of the theatre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Albee Sees Nihilism As Force in Drama | 3/27/1961 | See Source »

...Germany lavishly maintains his personal repertory company, the Berliner Ensemble, with its perfectionist troupe led by Brecht's widow. Paris audiences have been flocking to The Good Woman of Setzuan and Arturo Ui. London is temporarily Brechtless but saw four of his plays last season. A five-year off-Broadway run of The Threepenny Opera not long ago chalked up a New York theater record by passing the old Oklahoma! run (2,248 performances). Brecht's In the Jungle of Cities is now running in a modest but successful production at off-Broadway's Living Theatre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Black Comedy | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

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