Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Overview

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

Joanne Woodward

Self - Host

Stella Adler

Self

N/A

Margaret Barker

Self

Ellen Burstyn

Self

N/A

Phoebe Brand

Self

Kate Burton

Self

Morris Carnovsky

Self

N/A

Harold Clurman

Self

N/A

Cheryl Crawford

Self

John Garfield

Joe Bonaparte (archive footage)

Paul Newman

Self

Sanford Meisner

Self (archive footage)