Joe Papp in Five Acts

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Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)

Directed by Karen Thorsen, Tracie Holder

Documentary · 1h 24m

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.

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Cast

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Joseph Papp Self James Earl Jones Self Kevin Kline Self Larry Kramer Self Mandy Patinkin Self Martin Sheen Self Meryl Streep Self Christopher Walken Self George C. Wolfe Self Olympia Dukakis Self David Hare Self David Henry Hwang Self

Crew

Director
Karen Thorsen, Tracie Holder
Writer
Tracie Holder, Karen Thorsen
Editor
Sam Pollard, Deborah Peretz, Brad Fuller

Details

Release date
2012-04-30
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Countries
United States of America
Production
The Papp Project