Broadway has been on life support for the past couple of years, so the belated arrival of the documentary “Joe Papp in Five Acts” is a well-timed tribute to one of the more influential figures of the ...

Theater critic David Cote explores the legacy of Joe Papp, the man who brought free Shakespeare to Central Park and nurtured new talent in the American theater. Shakespeare would be shocked to learn ...

Joe Papp, founder of The Public Theater, Free Shakespeare in the Park and producer of groundbreaking plays like Hair, A Chorus Line and for colored girls..., created a "theater of inclusion" based on ...

When developing Free Shakespeare in the Park, Joe Papp wanted people to feel represented. When developing Free Shakespeare in the Park, it was important to Joe Papp that people felt represented in the ...

This morning we're looking back at a Brooklyn boy who grew up in poverty in a Yiddish speaking household. He never went to college, but he went on to bring the finest writer in the English language to ...

He brought the Bard full circle — and back to the public. On the the 60th anniversary season of Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, a long-awaited documentary on the life ...

The creation of The Public Theater is explored in American Masters: Joe Papp in Five Acts. The new documentary is set to air on Friday, June 3 on PBS. In an exclusive clip, watch how Papp turned a ...

Paul goes behind the curtain with Gail Papp, widow and partner of the legendary Joseph Papp, Founder of The Public Theatre. Gail joined Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival in 1965, became ...

The innovative American theatrical producer and director Joseph Papp will be remembered and honored in a concert to be held live at the Triad Theater in Manhattan, as well as online, on Sunday, June ...

More than perhaps any other cultural figure in recent history, Papp worked to expand public access to the arts. “We have public libraries,” he would argue, “Why not public theaters?” Papp recognized ...

FAIRFIELD — Joe Papp, a Fairfield resident, baseball coach and "larger than life" presence died this week, a friend said. In a GoFundMe page for the family, Steve Bowley said Joe Papp died on Tuesday ...