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This is the tale of the Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn, once housed in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and of its socio-economic mileau. On the cutting edge theatrically, the Chelsea earned prestigious awards and a loyal audience--but it rarely found funds to finish seasons as planned.
In 1965, when Robert Kalfin founded the Chelsea, there were few not-for-profit theaters in New York. During the next ten years, new theaters opened, funding sources decreased, and costs rose. Many theaters became cautious. Not Chelsea.
Glenn Close, Frank Langella, Christopher Lloyd, and Meryl Streep were among the artists who worked for minimum salaries to be part of the Chelsea experience. Critics often said the Chelsea stretched the boundaries of theater. Spectators subscribed to seasons before they knew what Chelsea would produce. But not everyone supported the Chelsea experiment. Artistic and political values, creative work and pragmatic business practices, one artist and another-- all clash on these pages.
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Chelsea Theater Center (New York, N.Y.), History, Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, theatrical experiments, American theater, theater in the 1970s, Theater, united states, historyPeople
Robert Kalfin, Michael David, Burl Hash, Hal Prince, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Frank Langella, Christopher LloydPlaces
New York, New York (State)Times
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Chelsea on the edge: the adventures of an American theater
1991, Iowa State University Press
in English
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0813817137 9780813817132
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Includes bibliographical references (285-288) and indexes.
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