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A symphonic historical drama reenacts the founding of St. Augustine and early Spanish colonization of Florida, including Pedro Menéndez de Avilés’s conflicts with French Huguenots at Fort Caroline. The production combines music, dance, pantomime and poetic dialogue.
The play takes place in the Southeast of the United States, from 1885 to the beginning of the 20th century. Abe McCranie is a mixed-race African-American field worker, the son of Colonel McCranie, a white man. He tries to start a school to educate black children, as they were underserved by the state. Ultimately, he gets a school, but the white people run him out of it and drive him to murder.
Johnny Johnson is a musical with a book and lyrics by Paul Green and music by Kurt Weill. It premiered in 1936 on Broadway. Based on Jaroslav Hašek's 1921–1923 satiric novel The Good Soldier Švejk, the musical focuses on a naive and idealistic young man who, despite his pacifist views, leaves his sweetheart Minny Belle Tompkins to fight in Europe in World War I. He first tries to stop the war after meeting a young German sniper of the same name, who believes that the soldiers must unite. However, the commanders of the allied forces intend to use the discontent with the war among the German soldiers as a perfect time to advance in the war. Johnny then manages to bring the skirmish to a temporary halt by incapacitating a meeting of the generals with laughing gas, but once they recover they promptly reinstate the war, resulting in hundreds of thousands of fatalities. Meanwhile, Johnny finds himself committed to an asylum for ten years. He returns home to discover Minny Belle has married a capitalist, and he settles down as a toymaker who will create anything except tin soldiers, his personal gesture of peace in an increasingly warlike society. The musical was written and composed by Green and Weill during the summer of 1936 in a rented old house located in Nichols, Connecticut near the summer rehearsal headquarters of the Group Theatre at Pine Brook Country Club. Its title was inspired by the fact the name appeared on United States casualty rolls more often than any other.
In Chicago's South Side during the 1930's, 20-year-old Bigger Thomas struggles to realize his dreams in a world that has shut him out. After taking a job in a wealthy white man's house, Bigger unwittingly unleashes a series of events that violently seal his fate.
Paul Green's outdoor historical drama follows Virginia and the colonies from Jamestown's founding through the American Revolution and independence, emphasizing both Jefferson's role and the contribution of ordinary people. It was written for a large local cast and included original music.
The House of Connelly is a 1931 Broadway two-act drama written by Paul Green, produced by the Group Theatre in association with The Theatre Guild and staged by Lee Strasberg and Cheryl Crawford. It ran for 91 performances from September 28, 1931 to November 14, 1931 at the Martin Beck Theatre and then from November 16, 1931 to January 2, 1932 at the Mansfield Theatre. It was the inaugural production of the Group Theatre. It was adapted into the 1934 film Carolina directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Lionel Barrymore and Robert Young.
Paul Green’s outdoor historical drama portrays Sir Walter Raleigh’s effort to establish a permanent English settlement on Roanoke Island. It follows the 1587 colonists, including Eleanor Dare and her newborn daughter Virginia, through the hardships that led Governor John White to seek supplies in England and the mystery of the colony’s disappearance.
A symphonic historical drama reenacts the founding of St. Augustine and early Spanish colonization of Florida, including Pedro Menéndez de Avilés’s conflicts with French Huguenots at Fort Caroline. The production combines music, dance, pantomime and poetic dialogue.
The play takes place in the Southeast of the United States, from 1885 to the beginning of the 20th century. Abe McCranie is a mixed-race African-American field worker, the son of Colonel McCranie, a white man. He tries to start a school to educate black children, as they were underserved by the state. Ultimately, he gets a school, but the white people run him out of it and drive him to murder.
Johnny Johnson is a musical with a book and lyrics by Paul Green and music by Kurt Weill. It premiered in 1936 on Broadway. Based on Jaroslav Hašek's 1921–1923 satiric novel The Good Soldier Švejk, the musical focuses on a naive and idealistic young man who, despite his pacifist views, leaves his sweetheart Minny Belle Tompkins to fight in Europe in World War I. He first tries to stop the war after meeting a young German sniper of the same name, who believes that the soldiers must unite. However, the commanders of the allied forces intend to use the discontent with the war among the German soldiers as a perfect time to advance in the war. Johnny then manages to bring the skirmish to a temporary halt by incapacitating a meeting of the generals with laughing gas, but once they recover they promptly reinstate the war, resulting in hundreds of thousands of fatalities. Meanwhile, Johnny finds himself committed to an asylum for ten years. He returns home to discover Minny Belle has married a capitalist, and he settles down as a toymaker who will create anything except tin soldiers, his personal gesture of peace in an increasingly warlike society. The musical was written and composed by Green and Weill during the summer of 1936 in a rented old house located in Nichols, Connecticut near the summer rehearsal headquarters of the Group Theatre at Pine Brook Country Club. Its title was inspired by the fact the name appeared on United States casualty rolls more often than any other.
In Chicago's South Side during the 1930's, 20-year-old Bigger Thomas struggles to realize his dreams in a world that has shut him out. After taking a job in a wealthy white man's house, Bigger unwittingly unleashes a series of events that violently seal his fate.
Paul Green's outdoor historical drama follows Virginia and the colonies from Jamestown's founding through the American Revolution and independence, emphasizing both Jefferson's role and the contribution of ordinary people. It was written for a large local cast and included original music.
The House of Connelly is a 1931 Broadway two-act drama written by Paul Green, produced by the Group Theatre in association with The Theatre Guild and staged by Lee Strasberg and Cheryl Crawford. It ran for 91 performances from September 28, 1931 to November 14, 1931 at the Martin Beck Theatre and then from November 16, 1931 to January 2, 1932 at the Mansfield Theatre. It was the inaugural production of the Group Theatre. It was adapted into the 1934 film Carolina directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Lionel Barrymore and Robert Young.
Paul Green’s outdoor historical drama portrays Sir Walter Raleigh’s effort to establish a permanent English settlement on Roanoke Island. It follows the 1587 colonists, including Eleanor Dare and her newborn daughter Virginia, through the hardships that led Governor John White to seek supplies in England and the mystery of the colony’s disappearance.