Word: papp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Theatrical Impresario Joseph Papp, last week was like a goodnews, bad-news joke. On one hand, he broadened his institutional base enough to make him the most powerful man in the American theater. On the other hand, one of his fondest dreams-to bring good drama to millions of people on nationwide TV-was given a stunning blow...
...Papp's good news came from Manhattan's Lincoln Center, where he was given control of all drama production. Potentially the most prestigious and influential dramatic organization in the U.S., Lincoln Center's theater company has floundered almost since its beginning eight years ago. Far from being an American equivalent of Britain's National Theater, a goal that many had held for it, Lincoln Center only rarely came up with productions that were as good as the best of Broadway. In recent years, the financial situation had become as desperate as the aesthetic...
...Papp's takeover is contingent upon the raising of $5,000,000 to offset part of the theater's expected deficits in the next five years. If that barrier is successfully passed, Papp will bring in his own company. He plans to turn the 299-seat Forum Theater into a permanent platform for Shakespeare and switch the larger, 1,140-seat Vivian Beaumont from its present repertory of classics and revivals to new plays that "reflect the great issues of our times...
...Producer Joseph Papp's fondest boasts is that he can bring Shakespeare to TV- and make people love it. Television needs more such boasters. Last week, in the first of a se ries of plays his New York Shakespeare Festival is producing for CBS, Papp scored a clear triumph...
FRIDAY: Much Ado About Nothing. Producer Joseph Papp brings a jazzed-up version of the Bard to television with a pre WWI setting and brassy music. Choreography by Donald Saddler ("No, No Nanette"). CH. 7, Color...