Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)

A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.

Cast

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Joanne Woodward
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Stella Adler
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Paul Newman
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Sanford Meisner
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Lee Strasberg
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Sylvia Sidney
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Shelley Winters
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M Michael Gordon
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Pia Kazan
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Katharine Hepburn
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Robert Lewis
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Dylan McDermott
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M Margaret Barker
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James Naughton
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Ruth Nelson
Martin Ritt
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M Maria Tucci
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S Sidney Kingsley
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Margaret Klenck
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M Michael O'Flaherty
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Joan Crawford
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Barbara Stanwyck
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Franchot Tone
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Ellen Burstyn
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P Phoebe Brand
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Kate Burton
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Morris Carnovsky
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H Harold Clurman
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C Cheryl Crawford
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John Garfield

Crew

Director
D David Heeley
Writer
J Joan Kramer
Writer
S Steve Lawson
Associate Producer
D Diane Dufalt
Producer
Joanne Woodward
Producer
D David Heeley
Producer
J Joan Kramer
Executive Producer
Susan Lacy
Executive Producer
Jac Venza
Editor
Alan Berliner
Production Assistant
J James Babbin
Sound
R Roger Phenix