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Logan, Joshua (Lockwood)
Logan, Joshua [Lockwood] (1908–88), director and playwright. Born in Texarkana, Texas, he studied at Princeton and with Stanislavsky in Moscow, then founded the University Players in 1928, with whom he remained until 1933. Logan's first solo directorial assignment on Broadway was To See Ourselves (1935), but it was his staging of On Borrowed Time (1938) that called attention to his talent and inaugurated a string of successes or interesting productions: I Married an Angel (1938), Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), Stars in Your Eyes (1939), Morning's at Seven (1939), Two for the Show (1940), Higher and Higher (1940), By Jupiter (1942), This Is the Army (1942), Annie Get Your Gun (1946), Happy Birthday (1946), John Loves Mary (1947), Mister Roberts (1948), South Pacific (1949), The Wisteria Trees (1950), Wish You Were Here (1952), Picnic (1953), Fanny (1954), Kind Sir (1953), Middle of the Night (1956), Blue Denim (1958), and The World of Susie Wong (1958). He co‐wrote and/or co‐produced several of the above. At his best, Logan's direction was distinguished by a deep insight into character and a remarkable fluidity, the latter especially evident in his staging of often‐cumbersome musicals. He was sometimes criticized in his later shows and films, however, for too heavy a touch. Autobiography: Josh: My Up and Down, In and Out Life, 1976.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Logan, Joshua (Lockwood)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Logan, Joshua (Lockwood)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-LoganJoshuaLockwood.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Logan, Joshua (Lockwood)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-LoganJoshuaLockwood.html |
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Joshua Logan
Joshua Logan 1908–88, American theatrical and film director and writer, b. Texarkana, Tex. He directed several successes in New York, including Knickerbocker Holiday (1938) and Annie Get Your Gun (1946). Later he was director, producer, and coauthor of Mr. Roberts (1948), South Pacific (1949; Pulitzer Prize; film, 1958), and Fanny (written with S. N. Behrman, 1954; film, 1961). His other films include Picnic (1955), Sayonara (1957), and Camelot (1967).
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"Joshua Logan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Joshua Logan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-LoganJosh.html "Joshua Logan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-LoganJosh.html |
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