Gene Frankel (c. 1920 – April 20, 2005) was a United States theater director and acting teacher who was notable for directing the off-Broadway production of Jean Genet's play The Blacks. April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986), was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist. ... First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 The international rugby union team of New Zealand are...

Born Eugene Frankel in New York in 1919 or 1920 he spent his life in the city. During WWII he served in the military but rarely discussed this later in life. Frankel mentioned that he worked in theater with the military, but also made reference to being a gunner on a bomber plane. Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham [2], Metropolis Location Location in the state 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     City 1,214. ...

He became a theater director on and off Broadway, but his greatest success was his off-Broadway production of Genet's The Blacks, which opened in 1961 and ran for more than 1,400 performances. His original cast included James Earl Jones, Roscoe Lee Browne, Louis Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Godfrey Cambridge, Maya Angelou Make (before she dropped her last name) and Charles Gordone. The show is regarded as a seminal production in African-American theatre. James Earl Jones James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi) is a well-known American film and stage actor. ... Roscoe Lee Browne (born 2 May 1925 in Woodbury, New Jersey) is a prolific American character actor (Topaz) and voiceover actor of film, theatre and television. ... Louis Gossett Jr. ... Cicely Tyson (born December 19, 1933) is an award-winning African-American actress. ... Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 - November 29, 1976) was an African-American comedian and actor, who was especially popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (born April 4, 1928) is a famous American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. ... Charles Edward Gordone (12 October 1925 - 17 November 1995) He was the first black playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize. ...

His most notable Broadway production was Arthur Kopit's Indians in 1969 starring Stacy Keach as Buffalo Bill. His other Broadway productions included A Cry of Players (1968), Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars (1972) and Harry Chapin's The Night That Made America Famous (1975). His off-Broadway productions included Brecht on Brecht, (starring Viveca Lindfors, Lotte Lenya, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson), and To Be Young, Gifted and Black starring Cicely Tyson. Arthur Lee Kopit (born 1937) was an US playwright. ... Stacy Keach (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor and narrator. ... Buffalo Bill Cody Buffalo Bill (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, buffalo hunter and showman. ... Kurt Weill, a photo taken in Salzburg, Austria, 1934 Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York, was a German composer active from the 1920s until his death. ... Lost in the Stars is a 1949 musical with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and music by Kurt Weill, based on the novel Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton (1903-1988). ... Harry Chapin Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. ... Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 - October 25, 1995) was a Swedish-American stage and film actress. ... Lotte Lenya (October 18, 1898 – November 27, 1981), singer and actor, born Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer, in Vienna, Austria. ... Eli Wallach in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Eli Wallach (born 7 December 1915) is an American film, TV and stage actor. ...

As well as directing over 200 shows and managing at least twelve theaters, throughout his career, Frankel taught acting, writing and direction. His last base was the Gene Frankel Theatre and Film Workshop at 24 Bond Street in Greenwich Village. His slogan at the Gene Frankel Theatre Workshop read, "You don't get the Gene Frankel technique. You get Gene Frankel." He said that the heart of successful acting was ""Truth. I don't let my actors tell lies. The camera doesn't let you lie, the stage doesn't let you lie".

Here he taught, directed, and inspired many. His true love was the theater and he believed in the art and magic of the stage. He was more interested in passing on his experience than in making stars. Gene´s passion was the work by William Shakespeare. He was not only loved and respected by his students by also by other acting coaches and professional who he warmly welcomed to also instruct at his studio. The basement of the theater was known to be the "bottom" but was never looked down upon. Frankel´s sense of humour was unique and attracted the attention of aficionados around the world. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Only his last theater was a commercial success, serving as home to the New Mercury Players and as a satellite location for Artistic Director Marilyn Majeski's Grove Street Playhouse. All the others have closed or been rescued by others. The Mercer Arts Center physically collapsed on August 4, 1973. Marilyn Majeski (August,1964 - )(United States)(Producer, Director, Author, Actress) is best known as the Founder & Artistic Director of New York Citys Grove Street Playhouse and the popular childrens theatre company Miss Majestys Lollipop Playhouse. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

He won the first Obie award for directing, for his production of Volpone (1958) and has won two since. He also received the first Lola d'Annunzi and Vernon Rice awards for outstanding achievement in theatre. The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ... Volpone, or The Fox, is a black comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, and considered one of the finest comedies of the Jacobean period. ...

Frankel died April 20, 2005 aged 85 of congestive heart failure at New York University Medical Center. He was survived by his daughter, Laura Frankel. April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

His son, Ethan, was a talented actor who grew up in Manhattan as well. He graduated from a Quaker High School. One of Gene´s last managers at his theater school was Mary Kotz. Mary Kotz was born in Queens, New York. ...