Word: theater
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opportunity of discussing this theater with Jo Mielziner a few months ago. Mr. Mielziner, who designed the sets for "Mister Roberts," "South Pacific," "A Streetear Named Desire," and "Death of a Salesman," is beyond a doubt America's top scenic designer. His feeling is that "the present method of flying scenery above the stage is still the fastest, most efficient means of shifting. Modern drama is written with flying scenery in mind, and for this reason 'The New Theater' cannot be adapted by the commercial theater for quite some time...
...Theater" is ideal for Hartford, where it will probably be used as a community playhouse, but Broadway will not feel its influence for many years. A few elements may cause trouble even in Hartford. For example, the revolving stage may be called upon to perform more than it is functionally able to, in the matter of scene shifts. Mr. Wright's claim that the playhouse will bring "a new life for the theater" is premature at this point...
...speakers at the Agassiz Theater forum Monday put it, there was irony in the topic of their discussion--"Do We Need a College Theater" There was really double irony: one, that a university which is looked up to for its eminence in the liberal arts should have no theater; and, two, that it was on the stage at Agassiz that the late George Pierce Baker's English 47 Workshop gave its performances, performances which first gave voice and action to the plays of some of this country's best dramatists. (Baker left the University for Yale when...
Perhaps the University attitude toward the theater (if it has an attitude) reflects both Harvard's Puritanical beginning and the prevalent American attitude. As this is the only major university in the country without a theater, so is the United States the only civilized country in the world without a national theater...
...most important single step in altering the deplorable local situation would be the construction of a suitable theater building. Though presumably the only way this could be accomplished would be through a large gift or gifts, the impetus for such gifts must come from the Administration...