Joe Papp in Five Acts

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.

Main Cast

Olympia Dukakis

Self

Age : 93 | Popularity : 80%

David Hare

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 46%

David Henry Hwang

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

James Earl Jones

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Larry Kramer

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 39%

Joseph Papp

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

David Rabe

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 11%

Meryl Streep

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Tracie Holder Karen Thorsen
Writing	Writer	Tracie Holder Karen Thorsen
Sound	Music	Don Byron
Crew	Cinematography	Toshiaki Ozawa
Editing	Editor	Brad Fuller Deborah Peretz Sam Pollard
Production	Co-Producer	Daniel Childers Tracie Holder Julia Mintz Karen Thorsen
	Consulting Producer	Mary Recine
Department	Role	Name

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