Theatre Guild
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Theatre Guild is a prominent American theatrical producing organization known for bringing influential plays and musicals, including landmark works like "Oklahoma!", to Broadway stages.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit theatre company
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theatrical producing organization → |
| activity |
theatrical production
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| basedIn |
Broadway
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| collaboratedWith |
Eugene O'Neill
→
George Gershwin → Oscar Hammerstein II → Philip Barry → Richard Rodgers → Thornton Wilder → |
| country |
United States
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| era |
20th-century American theatre
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| focus |
artistic theatre
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importing important European plays → new plays by American playwrights → serious drama → |
| foundedBy |
Armina Marshall
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Helen Westley → Lawrence Langner → Maurice Wertheim → Philip Moeller → Theresa Helburn → |
| hasGenre |
drama
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musical theatre → |
| industry |
Broadway theatre
→
theatre → |
| languageOfWork |
English
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| location |
New York City
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| medium |
live theatre
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| notableFor |
influential American theatre productions
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producing Broadway musicals → producing Broadway plays → |
| notableWork |
Green Grow the Lilacs
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Oklahoma! → Porgy and Bess → Strange Interlude → The Iceman Cometh → The Philadelphia Story → The Skin of Our Teeth → |
| organizationalType |
producer
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| regionServed |
American theatre market
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Broadway in New York City → |
| significance |
helped shape modern American drama
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pioneered noncommercial, artist-driven Broadway production → |
| targetAudience |
theatre-going public
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Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Carousel
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Porgy and Bess → |
originalProducer |
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Allegro
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Oklahoma! → |
producer |
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Helen Westley
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coFounderOf |
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Helen Westley
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memberOf |
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Allegro
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producedBy |