A Gambler’s Instinct: The Story of Broadway Producer Cheryl Crawford

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231 Actors Equity Association, 71, 94, 160 Actors Studio, 103, 108, 116, 117–29, 133, 138, 144, 151–54, 156–69, 179, 186, 189, 195, 197; beginnings, 117–20; codirectors of, 119; financing of, 119, 126, 129, 164, 169; permanent home for, 121; resignation of Crawford, 169; resignation of Kazan, 152; resignation of Lewis, 122; Strasberg as artistic director, 123; television broadcast of, 126, 168–69 Actors Studio Theatre (A.S.T.), 151–52, 157–69, 170, 195; administration of, 151–52, 157–58; end of, 164–67 Adler, Luther, 34, 41, 163 Albee, Edward, 124, 125–26, 158 Albert, Eddie, 142 Albright, Hardie, 60 Aldis, Mary, 16, 17, 18, 19 Aldwych Theatre (London), 164, 165, 166 Alice in Wonderland (Carroll), 92, 94, 98–99, 101, 118 Alliance Theatre (Atlanta), 189 All in the Family (television), 169 All My Sons (Miller), 93, 117, 118, 120 All the Living (Albright), 60 Ambassador Theatre (Broadway), 181 American Blues (Williams), 130 American Communist Party (also, Communist Party—USA), 47 American Federation of Musicians (AFM), 86, 87, 94 American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 97–98, 114–16, 117, 160, 162, 197 American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.), 83–102, 106, 107, 108, 115, 116, 118, 128, 151, 169, 197; acting company, 91–92; brochure for, 90, 95, 96; budget for, 89–91; coproducers for, 88–89; Crawford ’s resignation, 55, 99–100, 101; failure of, 96, 98; issues of gender and sexuality, 90, 94, 95, 101; reviews of, 96–97; union demands, 94 American Tragedy, An (Dreiser), 51 Anderson, Judith, 61, 62, 64, 115, 142 Anderson, Maxwell, 51 Anderson, Robert, 140 Andorra (Frisch), 168, 177 Androcles and the Lion (Shaw), 94, 97 Annie Get Your Gun (musical), 799, 109, 110 Another Sun (Thompson), 64–65 Antoinette Perry (“Tony”) Award, 135, 160 Any Wednesday (Muriel Resnik), 124 Aronson, Boris, 110, 133, 135 Antonio, Lou, 125 Arthur, Jean, 78, 180, 194 As You Desire Me (Pirandello), 61 As You Like It (Shakespeare), 24, 93 Atkinson, Brooks, 53, 60, 64, 78, 98, 110, 135, 139, 155 Auden, Wystan (“W. H.”), 84, 104 Avera, Tom, 119 Awake and Sing (Odets), 44, 46, 47, 48 Ayres, Lemuel, 138 Baby Doll (Williams), 184 Baby Want a Kiss (Costigan), 221, 159, 160, 161 Baker, Carroll, 129 Baker, Kenny, 74, 78, 80 Balanchine, George, 72 Baldwin, James, 124, 159, 161–63 Ballard, Lucinda, 110, 111 Balsam, Martin, 121 Bancroft, Anne, 127, 158 Bankhead, Tallulah, 66, 73, 109, 113, 137 Barber, Philip, 35 Barker, Margaret, 44 Barnes, Howard, 96 index 232 Index Barrie, James M., 93 Barrymore, Ethel, 66 Barrymore Theatre (Broadway), 143 Barton, James, 154–55 Baxley, Barbara, 143, 144, 163, 189 Baxter, Alan, 94 Beard, James, 104, 109, 175, 188 Belasco David, 61 Belasco Theatre (Broadway), 121, 174 Bel Geddes, Barbara, 91 Bell, Book and Candle (Van Druten), 132, 135 Benchley, Robert, 52–53 Bennetts, Leslie, 197 Berghof, Herbert, 119 Bergman, Ingrid, 66 Berkowsky, Paul B., 189 Bernhardt, Sarah, 82 Bernstein, Leonard, 141, 172 Biberman, Herbert J., 27, 28, 33, 34 Bigelow, Paul, 124, 133 Big Night (Powell), 40, 41, 43 Bijou Theatre (Broadway), 156 Binns, Edward, 119 Blackmer, Sidney, 143 Blitzstein, Marc, 109, 112–14, 142, 171, 194 Bloomgarden, Kermit, 171 Bloor, Mother. See under Ella Reeve Blues for Mr. Charlie (Baldwin), 159, 161–63, 164, 166; London production of, 166; reviews of, 162 Bogart, Paul, 169 Bogdanoff, Rose, 133 Bolcom, Bill, 159, 160 Bolen, John, 74 Bond, Rudy, 119 Boone, Richard, 142 Born Yesterday (Garson Kanin), 180 Bottomley, Gordon, 22 Bourneuf, Philip, 92 Bowden, Charles, 146 Bowers, Faubion, 135 Bowles, Jane, 105 Brando, Jocelyn, 119 Brando, Marlon, 91, 119, 120–21, 123, 141, 176 Brecht, Bertolt, 93, 98, 114–15, 160, 171, 177 Brecht on Brecht (Brecht and Tabori), 174, 177 Breuer, Bessie, 121, 153 Brigadoon (Lerner and Loewe), 82, 84, 97, 103–4, 105–8, 111–12, 117, 119, 131, 154, 176, 194, 197; financing of, 106; on the West End, 111–12; reviews of, 107, 112 Britneva, Maria (a.k.a. Lady Maria St. Just), 139 Britten, Benjamin, 84 Broadway, 8, 9, 15, 20, 24, 25, 26, 44, 49, 53, 59–60, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 80, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 96, 101, 103, 106, 109, 114, 117, 120, 121, 125, 126, 127, 133, 138, 139, 142, 143, 153, 154, 156, 159, 161, 170, 171, 173, 175, 176, 178, 179, 185, 187, 189, 190, 194, 196 Broadway League, The (formerly, League of American Theatres and Producers...