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Davidson, Gordon
Davidson, Gordon (b. 1933), director and manager. He was born in Brooklyn, the son of a theatre professor at Brooklyn College, and studied electrical engineering at Cornell and theatre at Case Western University. Davidson was a protégé of John Houseman and directed for his Theatre Group at UCLA, later becoming artistic director of the company. In 1967 it became known as the Center Theatre Group and took over Los Angeles's Mark Taper Forum, eventually becoming one of the nation's outstanding regional theatres under Davidson's leadership. Among his productions to transfer to New York are In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1969), The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971), The Shadow Box (1977), Zoot Suit (1979), and Children of a Lesser God (1980). Davidson is known as a playwright's director, working closely with writers on new scripts and helping develop new ways to tell a story.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Davidson, Gordon." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Davidson, Gordon." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-DavidsonGordon.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Davidson, Gordon." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-DavidsonGordon.html |
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Davidson, Gordon
Davidson, Gordon, see MARK TAPER FORUM.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Davidson, Gordon." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Davidson, Gordon." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-DavidsonGordon.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Davidson, Gordon." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-DavidsonGordon.html |
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