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Theodore Mann

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Director 1924–2012

Theodore Mann, birth name Goldman, (May 13, 1924 – February 24, 2012) was an American theatre producer and director and the Artistic Director of the Circle in the Square Theatre School. Mann co-founded Circle in the Square Theatre, widely regarded as the birth of the off-Broadway theatre movement with José Quintero in 1951. Ten years later, he established the Circle in the Square Theatre School to provide training for aspiring actors. It presently offers a two-year program including courses in scene study, text analysis, speech, dance, and singing technique.

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Anna Karenina

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature8 passages

  • The Circle in the Square theatre company was founded in 1951 by Theodore Mann, José Quintero, Jason Wingreen, Aileen Cramer, and Emily Stevens, with the idea of doing great plays in repertory in the round. The group set up their first theatrical locale at 5 Sheridan Square, and thus, the off-Broadway movement was born. The venue was a for…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street was revived by Circle in the Square (Theodore Mann, Artistic Director, Paul Libin, Producing Director) at the Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, on September 14, 1989, with the following cast:ebooks/Unknown/Four by Sondheim (Applause Musical Library) - Unknown.txt
  • Journeys in the Night: Creating a New American Theatre with Circle in the Square: A Memoir by Theodore Mann (Applause Theatre and Cinema Books). Selections used from this book deal with Bolger's appearance at the revival of Where's Charley?ebooks/Viagas, Robert/I'm the Greatest Star_ Broadway's Top Musical Legends from 1900 to Today - Robert Viagas.txt
  • — directed by Theodore Mann > choreographed by Margo Sappington - produced by Circle in the Square (Theodore Mann and Paul Libin)theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • THE LAST ANALYSIS By Saul Bell; Director, Theodore Mann: Scenery. Marsha L. Eck: Costumes. Joseph G. Aulisi; Lighting, Roger Morgan; Presented in association with Howard A. Schwartz and Jack T. Schwartz: Production Manager, Charles Hamilton: Production Assistant, Jonathan Sandtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE Opened Wednesday, October 27, 1971.* Circle in the Square (Theodore Mann/Paul Libin) and David J. Seltzer present:theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt

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