Cheryl Crawford (24 September 1902 - 7 October 1986) American actress, theatrical director and producer. She was also one of the founders of the Group Theatre. Among the many well-known productions she produced were Brigadoon, Porgy and Bess, One Touch of Venus, and Paint Your Wagon. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A theatrical producer is a type of producer who oversees the staging of theatre productions. ... The Group Theatre was a left-wing theater collective, formed in New York in 1931 by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. ... DVD cover Brigadoon is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, first produced in 1947. ... The cast of Porgy and Bess during the Boston try-out prior to the Broadway opening. ... One Touch of Venus was a Broadway musical written by Kurt Weill (music), Ogden Nash (lyrics), and S.J. Perelman and Nash (book); it was directed by Elia Kazan and featured choreography by Agnes De Mille. ... Paint Your Wagon is a 1951 Broadway musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, set in a mining camp in Gold Rush-era California. ...

She was born in Akron, Ohio and began directing in her family's living room there. She majored in drama at Smith College where she was briefly expelled for smoking. Nickname: The Rubber Capital of the World Official website: http://www. ... There are many articles named Drama: Drama, the art form. ... Smith College, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, is the largest womens college in the United States. ...

Moved to New York City, enrolled at the Theatre Guild. Worked as assistant to a director for the Theatre Guild’s stock company in upper New York. Also played poker and bottled bathtub gin to supplement her income. Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... The Theatre Guild was a theatrical society founded by Lawrence Langner in New York City in 1918, with the purpose of producing noncommercial american and foreign plays. ... Stock company can refer to: Joint stock company (see also Types of corporations and Types of companies) Stock company (acting) - referring to a group of actors This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... This article is about the card game. ...

By 1931, Crawford creating her own company with Lee Strasberg, The Group Theatre. In 1933, the Group had its first commercial success, “Men in White,” which won the Pulitzer Prize. 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901 - February 17, 1982), was born Israel Lee Strassberg in Budzanów, former Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Budanov, Ukraine), to Ida and Baruch Meyer and became a Jewish American director, actor, producer and acting teacher. ... The Group Theatre was a theater collective, formed in New York in 1931 by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1935, Crawford, along with peers Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg traveled to the Soviet Union to study the Russian Theatre. It was there that she met Stanislavksy and Meyerhold was able to discuss their methods with them first-hand. She applied what she had learned to her productions. She had had several failures in producing straight plays and found herself drawn to musical theatre after her two great successes with "Porgy and Bess" and "One Touch of Venus", which won several of the First Annual Donaldson Awards.

In 1936 Crawford resigned from the company. As she recalled in her autobiography, One Naked Individual: My Fifty Years in the Theatre (Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1977), “I felt exhilarated, even cocky, to be on my own. I was going to do great things, bring to audiences distinguished plays, quality entertainment” (p. 103). 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Crawford was influential in the careers of such actors as Helen Hayes, Bojangles Robinson, Mary Martin, Ethel Barrymore, Ingrid Bergman, Tallulah Bankhead and Paul Robeson among many others. Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 - March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. ... Bill Robinson photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Bill Bojangles Robinson (May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949) was a pioneer and pre-eminent African-American tap dance performer. ... Ethel Barrymore (August 15, 1879 - June 18, 1959) was an Academy Award-winning American actress and a member of the famous Barrymore family. ... Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (help· info) (pronounced in Swedish, but usually in English, IPA notation) (August 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982) was a three-time Academy Award-winning Swedish actress. ... Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Tallulah Brockman Bankhead [1] (January 31, 1902 - December 12, 1968) was a United States actress, talk-show host and bonne vivante, born in Huntsville, Alabama. ... USPS Black Heritage stamp Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was a multi-lingual American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, and radical civil rights activist. ...

In 1946, she set the American Repertory that included Eli Wallach, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and William Windom. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Eli Fisticufs Wallach (born December 7, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family) is an American film, TV and stage actor. ... Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. ... William Windom (May 10, 1827–January 29, 1891) was an American politician. ...

In 1947 she, Elia Kazan and Robert Lewis created The Actor's Studio, where many famous actors trained at, including Marlon Brando, James Dean, Jerome Robbins, Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda, Bea Arthur and many more. Lee Strasberg joined in 1951 as the artistic director. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Elia Kazan, (Greek Ελία Καζάν), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and Theatre director and producer. ... The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors located in the Old Labor Stage at 432 West 44th Street in New York City. ... Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901 - February 17, 1982), was born Israel Lee Strassberg in Budzanów, former Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Budanov, Ukraine), to Ida and Baruch Meyer and became a Jewish American director, actor, producer and acting teacher. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

source :Ohio Humanities Council article on Cheryl Crawford