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Group Theatre
Group Theatre organization formed in New York City in 1931 by Harold Clurman , Cheryl Crawford, and Lee Strasberg . Its founders, who had worked earlier with the Provincetown Players , wished to revive and redefine American theater by establishing a permanent company to present contemporary... Read more |
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Edward Eddy
Eddy, Edward (1822–75), actor. Long the leading star at the popular‐priced Bowery Theatre, the manly, handsome, stentorian‐voiced performer was born in Troy, New York, and first appeared in public at a New York recital in 1839. He then toured for several seasons before making... Read more |
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Edwin Adams
Adams, Edwin (1834–77), actor. Born in Medford, Massachusetts, he made his debut in Boston in 1853 in The Hunchback, then worked in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, serving some of his apprenticeship under Joseph Jefferson and E. A. Sothern. Adams's first important New York appearance... Read more |
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The Mikado
Mikado, The (1885). Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera about the preposterous carryings‐on in the mythical Japanese village of Titipu won favor with Americans from its first major New York performance at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in 1885 for a run of 250 performances. The cast included... Read more |
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Michael Shaara
SHAARA, Jeff Nationality: American. Born: New Brunswick, New Jersey (son of well-known author Michael Shaara), 1952. Education: Florida State University, degree in criminology, 1974. Family: Wife's name is Lynne. Career: Founder of rare coin business at age sixteen, eventually... Read more |
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Morris Rosenfeld
Morris Rosenfeld , 1862-1923, Jewish poet, b. Russian Poland. His name was originally Moshe Jacob Alter. He worked as a tailor in London and as a diamond grinder in Amsterdam before emigrating to the United States in 1886. He settled in New York City, working 14 hours a day as a tailor while he... Read more |
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Wesley Brown
BROWN, Wesley Nationality: American. Born: New York, New York, 23 May 1945. Education: Oswego State University, B.A. 1968. Publications Novels Tragic Magic. New York, Random House, 1978. Darktown Strutters. New York, Cane Hill Press, 1994. Plays Boogie Woogie and Booker T. New York, Theatre... Read more |
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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a self-supporting, interstate, corporate organization of New York and New Jersey. It was created in 1921 to protect and promote the commerce of New York Harbor and... Read more |
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Gail Carson Levine
Levine, Gail Carson 1947-PersonalBorn September 17, 1947, in New York, NY; daughter of David (owner of a commercial art studio) and Sylvia (a teacher) Carson; married David Levine (a software developer), September 2, 1967. Education: City College of the City University of New York, B.A.,... Read more |
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Awake and paint! (playwright Clifford Odets' paintings)
Clifford Odets's fantastical canvases...well professionally for Clifford Odets, the playwright and screenwriter...at J.B. Neumann's New York gallery in 1947, at which...the recent show at the Michael ... |
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Painting: The other stage for Odets
...Neumann, the New York art dealer, under...whose paintings Odets stockpiled, buying...At one point Odets owned more than...Your Birthday, Clifford Odets! A Centennial...Exhibition'' at the Michael ... |
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Gallery chronicle.(Art)
...Hide. Leave New York as fast as possible...Doucet and The New York Public Library...new production of Clifford Odets's "Awake and...But I'll take Odets's ... |