Joe Papp in Five ActsMovie
Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North America—is profiled in this documentary that neither sanctifies nor vilifies him. He brought us free Shakespeare in the Park, Hair and A Chorus Line, and nurtured many of America’s greatest playwrights, directors and actors. His complex personality and mercurial behavior are much in evidence and spoken of with frankness through interviews with some of America’s most celebrated artists, including Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Kevin Kline, and James Earl Jones.
About Joe Papp in Five Acts
Joe Papp in Five Acts is a 2012 documentary movie directed by Karen Thorsen, Tracie Holder.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 24m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Olympia Dukakis, David Hare, David Henry Hwang, James Earl Jones. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
