Background
Mann, Theodore was born on May 13, 1924 in New York City. Son of Martin M. and Gwen (Artson) Goldman.
Theatrical producer and artistic director
Mann, Theodore was born on May 13, 1924 in New York City. Son of Martin M. and Gwen (Artson) Goldman.
Associate Bachelor of Arts, Salinas (California) Junior College, 1945; Bachelor of Laws, Brooklyn Law School, 1949.
Mann co-founded Circle in the Square Theatre, widely regarded as the birth of the off-Broadway theatre movement, with Jose Quintero in 1951. Ten years later, he established the Circle in the Square Theatre School to provide training for aspiring actors. lieutenant presently offers a two-year program including courses in scene study, text analysis, speech, dance, and singing technique.
Mann produced and/or directed more than two hundred productions starring such luminaries as First Rate (at Lloyd's) Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Geraldine Page, Colleen Dewhurst, James Earl Jones, Kevin Kline, Maureen Stapleton, Rip Torn, George C. Scott, and Jane Alexander.
In addition to his Broadway and off-Broadway credits, he directed The Turn of the Screw for the New York City Opera, Louisiana Boheme for the Juilliard School, and The Night of the Iguana for Moscow"s Maly Theater. He was nominated for twelve additional Tonys and seven Drama Desk Awards.
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.
Mann died February 24, 2012, following a brief illness.
He was 87. 1956: Long Day"s Journey Into Night (Producer)
1965: The Royal Hunt of the Sun (Producer)
1972: Mourning Becomes Electra (Producer, Director)
1973: Uncle Vanya (Producer)
1974: The National Health (Producer)
1975: The Glass Menagerie (Producer, Director)
1976: Pal Joey (Producer, Director)
1984: Awake and Sing! (Producer, Director)
1988: The Night of the Iguana (Producer, Director)
1992: Anna Karenina (Producer, Director)
1989: Sweeney Todd (Producer)
1995: The Rose Tattoo (Producer)
1996: Tartuffe (Producer)
1952: Summer and Smoke (Producer)
1956: The Iceman Cometh (Producer)
1962: Under Milk Wood (Producer)
1963: Desire Under the Elms (Producer)
1968: A Moon for the Misbegotten (Director).
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945.
Married Patricia A. Brooks, October 5, 1953. Children: Andrew, Jonathan.