Biography
Joseph Papp (born Joseph Papirofsky; June 22, 1921 – October 31, 1991) was an American theatrical producer and director. He established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in Lower Manhattan. There Papp created a year-round producing home to focus on new plays and musicals. Among numerous examples of these were the works of David Rabe, Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Charles Gordone's No Place to Be Somebody (the first off-Broadway play to win the Pulitzer Prize), and Papp's production of Michael Bennett's Pulitzer Prize–winning musical A Chorus Line. Papp also founded Shakespeare in the Park, helped to develop other off-Broadway theatres and worked to preserve the historic Broadway Theatre District.
Filmography
all 20
Movies 18
Producer 13
self 5
TV Shows 2
Director 1
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis (2020)
Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)
Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
Plenty (1985)
Swan Lake, Minnesota (1983)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
Alice at the Palace (1982)
Kiss Me, Petruchio (1981)
All's Well That Ends Well (1981)
Happy Days (1980)
The Pirates of Penzance (1980)
Coriolanus (1979)
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978)
Our Late Night (1975)
Wedding Band (1974)
Sticks and Bones (1973)
Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
The Mind Snatchers (1972)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Tony Awards (1956)
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Known ForProduction
GenderMale
Birthday1921-06-22
Deathday1991-10-31 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsTheatre World Special Award, Paul Robeson Award
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