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The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour. Profile of Joseph Papp

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  • "Ch. 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour. 6/13/85. Segment on Joseph Papp"

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  • "Profile of theater impresario Joseph Papp on The MacNeil/Lehrer report, aired Channel 13, WNET-TV. Includes the history of the New York Shakespeare Festival and its free Shakespeare performances in Central Park; Papp's perseverence and independence as a producer; brief interviews with actors and other New York Shakespeare Festival personnel who discuss their feelings about Papp; his childhood use of New York City's parks and early development of an ear for Shakespearean language; his childhood, including his father's unemployment; themes addressed in the musical A chorus line; his feelings about his Jewish roots, including footage of Papp leading a Passover seder; the creation of the Public Theater in 1967; his willingness to take professional risks to produce plays with political messages, including footage of rehearsals of The normal heart by Larry Kramer, one of the first play to address the AIDS epidemic; Papp's role in launching the careers of many well known actors and playwrights; his unsuccessful fight to save two Broadway theaters from destruction; the quality of productions currently being staged on Broadway; a New York Shakespeare Festival program for schoolchildren; Papp as a theatrical showman, including footage of him singing Accentuate the positive."

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  • "Television"
  • "Interviews"

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  • "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour. Profile of Joseph Papp"