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    Joe Papp in Five Acts

    84'

    2012-04-30

    4.5

    Documentary

    Overview:

    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.

    WritingTracie HolderDirectingTracie Holder

    Cast

    1

    Self

    Joseph Papp

    2

    Self

    James Earl Jones

    3

    Self

    Kevin Kline

    1

    Self

    Larry Kramer

    2

    Self

    Mandy Patinkin

    3

    Self

    Martin Sheen

    5

    Self

    Meryl Streep

    4

    Self

    Christopher Walken

    1

    Self

    George C. Wolfe

    1

    Self

    Olympia Dukakis

    1

    Self

    David Hare

    1

    Self

    David Henry Hwang

    1

    Self

    David Rabe

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. List of companies:
        1. The Papp Project
      2. Vote Count: 2
      3. Popularity: 0.4913
      4. Status: Released
      5. Original title:Joe Papp in Five Acts

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