Joseph Papp

Joseph Papp

male, deceased (1991)
Jewish, from New York City, Theatre director, Jewish American, director, film director…shakespeare, NewYorkShakespeareFestival
Joseph Papp (June 22 1921 - October 31 1991) was an American theatrical producer and director. Born in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish immigrants from...
Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

male, 54 years old
African-American actor, film actor, American, film director, African-American, Fordham University…NewYorkShakespeareFestival, New York actor, from Westchester County, New York
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is a American actor and director. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his portrayals of...
Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

male, 77 years old
actor, Jaws, seaquest dsv, Blue Thunder, Franklin & Marshall College alumni, New Jersey actor…NewYorkShakespeareFestival, from New Jersey
Roy Richard Scheider (born November 10, 1932 in Orange, New Jersey) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-nominated American actor.
Joanne Akalaitis

Joanne Akalaitis

female
juliet, genet, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Goodman Theatre, Lithuanian-American, National Endowment for the Arts…NewYorkShakespeareFestival, New York City Opera, shakespeare
JoAnne Akalaitis is a Lithuanian-American theatre director and a writer and the winner of five Obie Awards for direction (and sustained...
Diane Venora

Diane Venora

female, 57 years old
Thunder Alley, hamlet, scholarship, Emmy, American Broadcasting Company, TV series…NewYorkShakespeareFestival, New York Film Critics Circle Award, shakespeare
Diane Venora (born August 10, 1952) is an American stage, television, and film actress. Venora was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, which she...

Wilford Leach

male, deceased (1988)
professor, from Virginia, La Mama, Theatre director, The Wedding Party, film director…NewYorkShakespeareFestival
Wilford Leach (August 26 1929 - June 18 1988) was a Tony Award-winning American theatre director, set designer, film director, screenwriter, and...
Joseph Chaikin

Joseph Chaikin

male, 74 years old
have, Obie Award, 1996 Olympics, open-heart surgery, Savage/Love, The Living Theatre…NewYorkShakespeareFestival
Joseph Chaikin (September 16, 1935-June 22, 2003) was an American theatre director, teacher and playwright. He suffered from heart complications as...
Mel Shapiro

Mel Shapiro

male
New York University, Broadway theatre, University of California, Los Angeles, off-Broadway, NewYorkShakespeareFestival, Two Gentlemen of Verona
Mel Shapiro is an award-winning American theatre director and writer, college professor, and author. For Broadway, Shapiro wrote the book and...
Leo Burmester

Leo Burmester

male, deceased (2007) (Louisville, Kentucky, United States)
Apostle Nathaniel, film actor, stage actor, television actor, Getting Our, daniel…NewYorkShakespeareFestival, Gangs of New York actor
Leo Burmester was an American actor who often played police officers, such as in the TV series True Blue and rural types on TV and in films, but on...
Ellen Greene

Ellen Greene

female, 58 years old
television programs., Television program, Musical theatre, Cabaret, actress., Law & Order cast…NewYorkShakespeareFestival
Ellen Greene (b 22 February 1951) is a singer and actress. Greene has had a long and varied career as a singer, particularly in cabaret, as an...