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Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 24M

Director : Tracie Holder, Karen Thorsen

Synopsis

Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North America—is profiled in this documentary that neither sanctifies nor vilifies him. He brought us free Shakespeare in the Park, Hair and A Chorus Line, and nurtured many of America’s greatest playwrights, directors and actors. His complex personality and mercurial behavior are much in evidence and spoken of with frankness through interviews with some of America’s most celebrated artists, including Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Kevin Kline, and James Earl Jones.

Actors

Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis
David Hare
David Hare
David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
Larry Kramer
Larry Kramer
Joseph Papp
Joseph Papp
David Rabe
David Rabe
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken
George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe

Crews

Tracie Holder
Tracie Holder
Director
Karen Thorsen
Karen Thorsen
Director
Tracie Holder
Tracie Holder
Writer
Karen Thorsen
Karen Thorsen
Writer
Don Byron
Don Byron
Music
Toshiaki Ozawa
Toshiaki Ozawa
Cinematography
Brad Fuller
Brad Fuller
Editor
Deborah Peretz
Deborah Peretz
Editor
Sam Pollard
Sam Pollard
Editor
Daniel Childers
Daniel Childers
Co-Producer
Tracie Holder
Tracie Holder
Co-Producer
Julia Mintz
Julia Mintz
Co-Producer
Mary Recine
Mary Recine
Consulting Producer
Karen Thorsen
Karen Thorsen
Co-Producer

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