Whitehead, Robert

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Whitehead, Robert (1916–2002), producer. He was born in Montreal, educated in Canada, and first came to Broadway's attention when he produced the highly successful mounting of Medea in 1947. He subsequently served as managing director for ANTA, as a founder of The Producers' Theatre, and as a director of the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center. Sometimes with these groups, sometimes with other partners, and sometimes alone he offered such memorable productions as The Member of the Wedding (1950), The Time of the Cuckoo (1952), Bus Stop (1955), A View from the Bridge (1955), The Visit (1958), A Touch of the Poet (1958), A Man for All Seasons (1961), After the Fall (1964), Finishing Touches (1973), A Texas Trilogy (1976), and Lunch Hour (1980). In 1982 he directed his wife, Zoë Caldwell, in another revival of Medea, then staged her one‐woman show, Lillian (1986). Approximately fifty Broadway productions bore his stamp.

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