TY - BOOK AU - Crespy,David Allison TI - Richard Barr: the playwright's producer T2 - Theater in the Americas SN - 9780809331413 AV - PN2287 .R534 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Carbondale PB - Southern Illinois University Press KW - Barr, Richard. KW - Theatrical producers and directors KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction: "you have to hock your house: the story of a producer" --; Privilege with a price: Washington, Princeton, and early theatre efforts --; Playing with martians: stage and screen with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre --; A theatrical warrior: Lieutenant Richard Barr --; Learning the director's craft: stock, Broadway, and City Center --; Broadway beginnings: Ethyl Waters, Ruth Draper, and theatrical collage --; The zoo story: discovering Edward Albee --; Producers at work: on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway --; Experimenting with Edward Malcolm to all over --; Hocking the house: Seascape to Sweeney Todd --; Brightening Broadway's lights: Barr's legacy to the American theatre --; Afterword; Edward Albee; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=550417&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -