The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
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.
Ratings
TMDB4.5/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Tracie HolderWriter
- Karen ThorsenWriter
- Tracie HolderDirector
- Karen ThorsenDirector
Cast
- Olympia DukakisSelf
- David HareSelf
- David Henry HwangSelf
- James Earl JonesSelf
- Larry KramerSelf
- Joseph PappSelf
- David RabeSelf
- Meryl StreepSelf
- Christopher WalkenSelf
- George C. WolfeSelf
Themes
woman director