Joe Papp in Five Acts

Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)

4.5 84 min Movie
Documentary

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.

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Cast

Olympia Dukakis Olympia Dukakis Self
David Hare David Hare Self
David Henry Hwang David Henry Hwang Self
James Earl Jones James Earl Jones Self
Larry Kramer Larry Kramer Self
Joseph Papp Joseph Papp Self
David Rabe David Rabe Self
Meryl Streep Meryl Streep Self
Christopher Walken Christopher Walken Self
George C. Wolfe George C. Wolfe Self

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