http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/25/us-steel-and-the-theatre-guild/ Poetics in Live Performance Wed, 16 May 2012 18:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/25/us-steel-and-the-theatre-guild/#comment-1483 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:19:53 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/us-steel-and-the-theatre-guild/#comment-1483 [...] and I always enjoyed his writing.  He wasn’t pretty.  He wasn’t good TV.  He was a good writer who happened to be on [...]

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/25/us-steel-and-the-theatre-guild/#comment-579 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:18:27 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/us-steel-and-the-theatre-guild/#comment-579 The Theatre Guild was founded by the Washington Square Players — and their idea was to promote and produce performances of non-commercial Playwrights and to bring over Playwrights from other countries and give them their first USA productions. It was a magnificent and noble idea that had tremendous success. We have no producers like that today.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/25/us-steel-and-the-theatre-guild/#comment-578 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:37:11 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/us-steel-and-the-theatre-guild/#comment-578 I would think in this digital age in which we live, it would be even easier to bring back the Theater Guild. Maybe it just has to be a small production — individuals instead of corporations that do it.

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