Group Theatre (New York)

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nonprofit arts organization theatre collective theatre company

The Group Theatre (New York) was a pioneering American theater collective founded in the 1930s that introduced socially conscious drama and method acting techniques to the U.S. stage.

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Label Occurrences
Group Theatre 14
Group Theatre (New York) canonical 6
The Group Theatre 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nonprofit arts organization ⓘ
theatre collective ⓘ
theatre company ⓘ
activePeriod 1930s ⓘ
aim to create a permanent ensemble theatre ⓘ
to present plays reflecting contemporary social and political issues ⓘ
artisticDirector Harold Clurman ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1941 ⓘ
foundedBy Cheryl Crawford ⓘ
Harold Clurman ⓘ
Lee Strasberg ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
hasMember Clifford Odets ⓘ
Elia Kazan ⓘ
Franchot Tone ⓘ
Howard Da Silva ⓘ
J. Edward Bromberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Garfield ⓘ
Lee J. Cobb ⓘ
Luther Adler NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morris Carnovsky ⓘ
Paul Green ⓘ
Phoebe Brand ⓘ
Robert Lewis ⓘ
Roman Bohnen ⓘ
Sanford Meisner ⓘ
Stella Adler ⓘ
inception 1931 ⓘ
influenced Actors Studio ⓘ
American method acting ⓘ
influencedBy Konstantin Stanislavski ⓘ
Moscow Art Theatre ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
movement Social realism ⓘ
surface form: American realism

socially conscious theatre ⓘ
notableFor introducing method acting techniques to the American stage ⓘ
producing socially conscious drama ⓘ
notableWork Awake and Sing! ⓘ
Golden Boy ⓘ
Men in White ⓘ
Paradise Lost ⓘ
Success Story ⓘ
Waiting for Lefty ⓘ
reasonForDissolution financial difficulties ⓘ
internal artistic conflicts ⓘ
theatricalStyle ensemble acting ⓘ
psychologically realistic performance ⓘ

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Moscow Art Theatre (training influence) → influenced → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Stella Adler Studio of Acting → influencedBy → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Franchot Tone → memberOf → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre → hasInfluenced → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Lee J. Cobb → memberOf → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Stella Adler → memberOf → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Harold Clurman → coFounded → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Sanford Meisner → memberOf → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Meisner technique → influencedBy → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Cheryl Crawford → coFounded → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Cheryl Crawford → associatedWith → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Morris Carnovsky → memberOf → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Awake and Sing! → producedBy → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Waiting for Lefty → movement → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Waiting for Lefty → producedBy → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Golden Boy → producer → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Group Theatre
Golden Boy → firstBroadwayProductionCompany → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Group Theatre
Roman Bohnen → memberOf → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Luther Adler → notableWork → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Luther Adler → memberOf → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Martin Ritt → workedAt → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre
Ruth Nelson → memberOf → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Group Theatre