New Theatre League, New York
The New Theatre League was a group of theatre professionals working in New York City. A successor to the League of Workers' Theatres (of the U.S.A.), the New Theatre League existed between 1935 and 1942. It published ''New Theatre'', which was renamed ''Theatre and Film'' and then ''New Theatre News''. History The New Theatre League had its genesis in the workers' theatre movement, whose umbrella organisation was in the mid-1930s the League of Workers' Theatres (of U.S.A.). The New Theatre League was a left-wing federation of little theatres and amateur theatre, amateur theatrical groups, whose productions were aimed at addressing political issues of the day. It ran the New Theatre School and Theatre Workshop, a training school that used the Stanislavsky Method for educating actors, theatre directors, playwrights, and stage managers. New Theatre League productions included Irwin Shaw's ''Bury the Dead'', and Marc Blitzstein's ''The Cradle Will Rock''. Artists Theatre profess ...
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