# Theodore Mann > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Theodore_Mann > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Theodore_Mann.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Mann > Source revision: 1320134328 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description| American theatre producer and director}} {{about||the Massachusetts politician|Theodore D. Mann|the English naturalist and historian|Theodore Augustine Mann}} '''Theodore Mann''', birth name '''Goldman''', (May 13, 1924 РFebruary 24, 2012) was an American [theatre producer](/source/theatre_producer) and [director](/source/theatre_director) and the Artistic Director of the [Circle in the Square Theatre School](/source/Circle_in_the_Square_Theatre_School). Mann co-founded [Circle in the Square Theatre](/source/Circle_in_the_Square_Theatre), widely regarded as the birth of the [off-Broadway](/source/off-Broadway) theatre movement with [Jos̩ Quintero](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Quintero) in 1951. Ten years later, he established the Circle in the Square Theatre School to provide training for aspiring actors. It presently offers a two-year program including courses in scene study, text analysis, speech, dance, and singing technique. ==Career== Mann produced and/or directed more than two hundred productions starring actors including [Al Pacino](/source/Al_Pacino), [Dustin Hoffman](/source/Dustin_Hoffman), [Jason Robards](/source/Jason_Robards), [Geraldine Page](/source/Geraldine_Page), [Colleen Dewhurst](/source/Colleen_Dewhurst), [James Earl Jones](/source/James_Earl_Jones), [Kevin Kline](/source/Kevin_Kline), [Maureen Stapleton](/source/Maureen_Stapleton), [Rip Torn](/source/Rip_Torn), [George C. Scott](/source/George_C._Scott), and [Jane Alexander](/source/Jane_Alexander). In addition to his Broadway and off-Broadway credits, he directed ''[The Turn of the Screw](/source/The_Turn_of_the_Screw_(opera))'' for the [New York City Opera](/source/New_York_City_Opera), ''[La Boheme](/source/La_Boheme)'' for the [Juilliard School](/source/Juilliard_School), and ''[The Night of the Iguana](/source/The_Night_of_the_Iguana)'' for [Moscow](/source/Moscow)'s Maly Theater. Mann received a [Tony Award](/source/Tony_Awards), as producer of the 1957 revival of ''Long Day's Journey Into Night''. He was nominated for twelve additional Tonys and seven [Drama Desk Awards](/source/Drama_Desk_Awards). In April 1964 Mann joined [Mark Lane](/source/Mark_Lane_(author))'s ''Citizens Committee of Inquiry''.{{cite book |last1=Hickey Garvey |first1=Sheila |title=Circle in the Square Theatre: A Comprehensive History |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |page=148}} In 1976, the Circle in the Square Theatre received a Special Tony Award acknowledging twenty-five continuous years of quality productions.[http://broadwayworld.com/tonyawardssearch.cfm Tony award Database][https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/theater/theodore-mann-off-broadway-producer-dies-at-87.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y ''The New York Times'' - Theodore Mann obituary] Mann received the 1999 Tao House Award from the [Eugene O'Neill](/source/Eugene_O'Neill) Foundation for his distinguished career in theatre and for his dedication to the works of O'Neill. In November 2007, Applause Books published Mann's Memoir, ''Journeys In The Night: Creating a New American Theatre with Circle In The Square'', which tells the story of his remarkable partnership with Jose Quintero and the rise of the [Circle in the Square Theatre](/source/Circle_in_the_Square_Theatre) from Off-Broadway to Broadway. In 1953, he married soprano [Patricia Brooks](/source/Patricia_Brooks). They had a son Andrew in 1958 and another Jonathan in 1961. She died in 1993. In 2009, Ted Mann was inducted into the [American Theater Hall of Fame](/source/American_Theater_Hall_of_Fame).[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/136195-Redgrave-Schwartz-Lloyd-Webber-and-More-Inducted-Into-Theater-Hall-of-Fame-Jan-25 Playbill.com] Mann died February 24, 2012, following a brief illness. He was 87.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/160082-Theodore-Mann-Founder-of-Circle-in-the-Square-Dies-at-87- Theodore Mann, Founder of Circle in the Square, Dies at 87] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904155401/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/160082-Theodore-Mann-Founder-of-Circle-in-the-Square-Dies-at-87- |date=2012-09-04 }} ''Playbill,'' February 24, 2012 ==Notable Broadway productions== *1956: ''[Long Day's Journey Into Night](/source/Long_Day's_Journey_Into_Night)'' (Producer) *1965: ''[The Royal Hunt of the Sun](/source/The_Royal_Hunt_of_the_Sun)'' (Producer) *1972: ''[Mourning Becomes Electra](/source/Mourning_Becomes_Electra)'' (Producer, Director) *1973: ''[Uncle Vanya](/source/Uncle_Vanya)'' (Producer) *1974: ''[The National Health](/source/The_National_Health_(play))'' (Producer) *1975: ''[The Glass Menagerie](/source/The_Glass_Menagerie)'' (Producer, Director) *1976: ''[Pal Joey](/source/Pal_Joey_(musical))'' (Producer, Director) *1984: ''[Awake and Sing!](/source/Awake_and_Sing!)'' (Producer, Director) *1988: ''[The Night of the Iguana](/source/The_Night_of_the_Iguana)'' (Producer, Director) *1992: ''[Anna Karenina](/source/Anna_Karenina_(musical))'' (Producer, Director) *1989: ''[Sweeney Todd](/source/Sweeney_Todd_(musical))'' (Producer) *1995: ''[The Rose Tattoo](/source/The_Rose_Tattoo)'' (Producer) *1996: ''[Tartuffe](/source/Tartuffe)'' (Producer) ==Notable off-Broadway productions== *1952: ''[Summer and Smoke](/source/Summer_and_Smoke)'' (Producer) *1956: ''[The Iceman Cometh](/source/The_Iceman_Cometh)'' (Producer) *1962: ''[Under Milk Wood](/source/Under_Milk_Wood)'' (Producer) *1963: ''[Desire Under the Elms](/source/Desire_Under_the_Elms)'' (Producer) *1968: ''[A Moon for the Misbegotten](/source/A_Moon_for_the_Misbegotten)'' (Director) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{IBDB name|15532}} *{{iobdb name|9898}} *[https://www.amazon.com/Journeys-Night-Creating-American-Theatre/dp/1557836450 Journeys in the Night: Creating a New American Theatre with Circle in the Square: A Memoir] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Theodore}} Category:American theatre directors Category:American theatre managers and producers Category:Tony Award winners Category:1924 births Category:2012 deaths --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Theodore Mann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Mann) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Mann?action=history)). 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