Group Theatre (New York)

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Group Theatre 19
Group Theatre (New York) canonical 8
The Group Theatre 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
John Garfield ⓘ
Lee J. Cobb ⓘ
Luther Adler ⓘ
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 American realism ⓘ
linked to: Social 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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Referenced by (29)

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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 ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Moscow Art Theatre → hasInfluenced → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Lee J. Cobb → memberOf → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Stella Adler → memberOf → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Harold Clurman → coFounded → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Sanford Meisner → memberOf → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Meisner technique → influencedBy → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Cheryl Crawford → coFounded → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Cheryl Crawford → associatedWith → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Morris Carnovsky → memberOf → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Awake and Sing! → producedBy → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Waiting for Lefty → movement → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Waiting for Lefty → producedBy → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Golden Boy → producer → The Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Golden Boy → firstBroadwayProductionCompany → The Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Roman Bohnen → memberOf → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Luther Adler → notableWork → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Luther Adler → memberOf → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Martin Ritt → workedAt → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Ruth Nelson → memberOf → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Moscow Art Theatre → influenced → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
subject linked to: MAT
The Fervent Years → subject → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Paradise Lost → associatedWith → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Till the Day I Die → originalProducer → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
Till the Day I Die → firstPerformedBy → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)
American Laboratory Theatre → influenced → Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
Actors Laboratory Theatre → influencedBy → Group Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Group Theatre (New York)