Overview

Theodore Mann who has been a major driving force behind the Circle in the Square since its inception tells the fascinating behind-the-scenes story of this groundbreaking theatre its legendary productions and stars a which include Al Pacino Dustin Hoffman George C. Scott Colleen Dewhurst Vanessa Redgrave Jason Robards Joanne Woodward James Earl Jones Nathan Lane and many more.THA co-founder with Jose Quintero of Circle in the Square in 1951 Mann follows the theatre from its Greenwich Village beginnings to its current home on Broadway. He discusses the 1952 revival of Tennessee Williams' ESummer and SmokeE (starring Geraldine Page) considered the birth of Off-Broadway and Circle's role in bringing about a re-recognition of Eugene O'Neill starting with its 1956 landmark revival of EThe Iceman ComethE and the American premiere of ELong Day's Journey into NightE. And he looks at its other important productions that include works by Jules Feiffer Horton Foote Truman Capote Arthur Miller Athol Fugard and Terrence McNally as well as classic American and European plays from those by Shaw and Moliere to Greek classics such as Euripides' EThe Trojan WomenE.THIn EJourneysE Theodore Mann tells of his and Circle's journey together providing an important first-hand personal account of Circle in the Square's history impact and legacy in American theatre.

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A good story and a great cast... The fun of Journeys in the Night is found in the happy accidents, fantastic luck, and fairy godmothers that enabled the Circle to achieve early success with plays by Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill, and then to endure and prosper. - The New York Times Book Review A fascinating, deeply moving story. Circle in the Square remains an astonishing chapter in the history of American theatre. - Howard Kissel, American Theatre

Author Information

Theodore Mann has devoted most of his time and energy over the past six decades to Circle in the Square Theatre. He has produced and/or directed more than 250 plays at Circle, including 19 productions of O'Neill. In 1963, Paul Libin became co-producer with Mann, a partnership that continues to this day. Still actively overseeing Circle and its celebrated theatre school, he also finds time to direct plays - most recently The Irish Play and Chekhov's The Bear and The Proposal - as well as opera. He currently is working with Joziah Longo of The Circus Band on a musical adaptation of Aesop's Fables. He grew up in Brooklyn, and was admitted to the Bar in New York State. He was married to one of the leading sopranos of the 20th century, the late Patricia Brooks, and has two sons and five grandchildren. He resides in New York.

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