What is Joseph Papp?
'''Joseph Papp''' (born '''Joseph Papirofsky'''; June 22, 1921 – October 31, 1991) was an American [[theatrical producer]] and [[theatre director|director]]. He created [[The Public Theater]] in what had been the [[Astor Library Building]] in lower [[Manhattan]]. He produced [[David Rabe]], [[Ntozake Shange]]'s ''[[For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf]]'', [[Charles Gordone]]'s ''[[No Place to Be Somebody]]'', and [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]]'s Pulitzer Prize–winning musical, ''[[A Chorus Line]]''. Papp also founded [[Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)|Shakespeare in the Park]], helped to develop other [[off-Broadway]] theatres and worked to preserve the historic [[Broadway Theatre District]]. He was born in [[New York City]]. Papp died on October 31, 1991 in New York City from [[prostate cancer]], aged 70.<ref>{{cite web|first= Eleanor |last= Blau |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFDA1E3FF931A35752C1A967958260 |title=Joseph Papp Is Remembered in Words and Song |work=New York Times |date=November 2, 1991 |access-date=February 22, 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Papp, Joseph}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:1991 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] [[Category:American theatre directors]] [[Category:Theatre producers]] [[Category:Businesspeople from New York City]]