The art of producing: The life and work of Kermit Bloomgarden.

Title: The art of producing: The life and work of Kermit Bloomgarden.
Identifier: AAI9000687
identifier: 9000687
Creator: Doherty, Lynn.
Contributor: Adviser: Judith Milhous
Date: 1989
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Theater | Biography
Abstract: Kermit Bloomgarden was probably the last of the great independent theatre producers in New York. Between 1940 and 1974 he produced forty plays, which won thirty Antoinette Perry Awards, eight New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, four Outer Circle Critics' Awards, and three Pulitzer Prizes. Among the plays he presented were Death of a Salesman, The Diary of Anne Frank, Equus, The Most Happy Fella, and The Music Man.;Bloomgarden brought to his work a keen business sense, impeccable taste and intelligence, and a passion for theatre that was reflected in both his choice of plays and the quality of the productions they received.;This study is a chronological survey in five chapters of Bloomgarden's career. The essential primary source is the collection of his business papers housed at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; interviews with several of his key employees and family members supplement information in that archive.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.