I'm going to be thinking about this Fosse choreography on the streets of New York tonight. He made people look so interesting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrZ...

To get real nerdy, this is helpful to learn about Guthrie's impact re: the thrust, or "open" stage, which is the thing that got me excited about him as a teenager (that & his focus on rep ensembles, yes I have always been a huge nerd): www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

TG re: being tall (he was 6'4"):"Women to whom one has just been introduced think that it breaks the ice if they scream, 'Goodness, you're tall!' How would they like it if I broke the ice first, by screaming, 'Goodness, what thick ankles!' or 'Goodness what a bust!'" www.anglocelt.ie/2022/05/15/t...

This history of the Guthrie Theater is quite good if you're curious, although I do take issue with the statement that it's founding symbolized "the birth of the not-for-profit resident theater movement" (tell that to Zelda Fichandler). www.guthrietheater.org/globalassets/pdf/guthrie_history.pdf

Guthrie on casting big names (from the interview above): "I'm always meeting ladies at parties who say 'When are you going to have Laurence Olivier here?'" Guthrie was funny! Also apparently went to a lot of parties and met a lot of women.

You can hear Guthrie talk about the foundation of The Guthrie, his thoughts about Broadway and why he didn't think they the Guthrie should do new plays, and "the lost art" of teaching audiences good taste, among other things, on this great (& short) radio interview: libnews.umn.edu/2017/05/engl...

This letter, from an actor in Guthrie's epic 1948 production of "Ane Satyre of The Thrie Estaits" at the Edinburgh Festival, really sets the scene for that production. I wish I could find some photos of it but I'm not certain any exist. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/1303...

At the start of this, Michael Langham tells a rather mundane story about his girlfriend running late to the theatre that ends with his 1st time seeing Guthrie (in the wings). It gave me the giggle I needed today. Langham went on to eventually run the Guthrie Theater. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0JG...

It's worth juxtaposing his photo of Tennessee Williams with this later photo I spotted at the New York Historical Society recently (please forgive me for not getting that photographer's name). That man LIVED A LIFE in between those two photos.

Eliot Elisofon was a pretty amazing photographer - you can see a bunch more of his work here: artsandculture.google.com/search/asset...

I would kill to know if this was all Kazan's staging (because this must have been during tech?) or if Elisofon arranged any of these. My bet is on Kazan.