Joe Papp Biography

Joe Papp biography

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NAME: Joe Papp
OCCUPATION: Television Producer
BIRTH DATE: June 22, 1921
DEATH DATE: October 31, 1991
EDUCATION: Actor's Laboratory Theatre
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brooklyn, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
Originally: Joseph Papirofsky

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Theatrical producer-director Joe Pap founded the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theatre and was a major force in theater in the late 20th century.

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Joe Papp was born June 22, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York. In 1954, after two years as a stage manager for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) television network, he founded the New York Shakespeare Festival. In 1967 he founded the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theatre. Several of its productions eventually traveled to Broadway, including Hair (1967) and A Chorus Line (1975).