Background
Brown, Arvin Bragin was born on May 24, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Herman S. and Annette R. (Edelman) Brown.
Brown, Arvin Bragin was born on May 24, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Herman S. and Annette R. (Edelman) Brown.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1961. Certified in drama, University Bristol, England, 1962. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1963.
Postgraduate, Yale University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University New Haven, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Bridgeport, 1978.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Fairfield University, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Albertus Magnus, 1993. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary).
Born in Los Angeles, California, Brown made his Broadway directorial debut with a 1970 revival of Noël Coward"s Hay Fever. Subsequent credits include The National Health (1974), Ah, Wilderness! (1975), Watch on the Rhine (1980), A View from the Bridge (1983), American Buffalo (1983), Open Admissions (1984), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1985), All My Sons (1987), Private Lives (1992), and The Twilight of the Golds (1993). He has made one feature film, Diary of the Dead (1976), starring Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hector Elizondo, and Salome Jens.
Member Theatre Communications Group (co-director 1972-1976), National Endowment for the Arts (theatre advisory panel), International Theatre Institute, Society Stage Directors and Choreographers, Directors Guild.
Married Joyce Ebert, November 2, 1969 (deceased August 1997).