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...Central Park is silly, vulgar and achingly dull. It is a shameless assault on Shakespeare, couched in the parched emotional idiom of the cool urban disco jitters. If the playgoers had to pay anything for their seats, they would probably storm the box office demanding refunds from Producer Joseph Papp...
...There is a very real danger that corporate support of the theater would limit the political range of the theater performed. The government has in the past funded left-wing productions, which private corporations would not support." --Joseph Papp. producer of the New York Shakespeare Festival. A Chorus Line, and Pirates of Penzance...
...there are many others to consider. The Arena Stage, in Washington, D.C., is one of many small regional theaters throughout the country that depend heavily on government support. When Holpert says professional theater "will not be hurt too much," she is talking about the industry. When Papp speaks of the dissolution of theaters, he is talking about institutions like the Arena Stage...
...Private supporters tend to play it safe and support works that reflect their tastes in general. The public relations value of such supporters tend to play it safe and support works that reflect their tastes in general. The public relations value of such support for corporations cannot be underestimated." Papp agrees with both Green and Rich: "Although there will not be a change in what is seen in the theater in the immediate future, history shows that corporate support tends to impose more restraints or limitations, than does federal support...
...with it; work was short. He tried San Francisco, then went back home to Texas for "a stretch of riding the rails with hard-luck guys." He wound up in New York City, where he landed a job playing guitar in a Texas-style musical at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. He pulled down wages of $60 a week and slept on the Staten Island Ferry...