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Movement in U.S. theatre to free dramatic forms and methods of production from the limitations of the large commercial theatres by establishing small experimental centres of drama. Young dramatists, stage designers, and actors influenced by the vital European theatre of the late 19th century, especially by the theories of Max Reinhardt, established community playhouses such as the Little Theatre, New York City (1912), the Little Theatre, Chicago (1912), and the Toy Theatre, Boston (1912). A few became important commercial producers; the Washington Square Players (1915), for example, later became the Theatre Guild (1918). Playwrights such as Eugene O'Neill, George S. Kaufman, and Maxwell Anderson found their early opportunities in the little theatres.



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Staggs's scope extends even to Shelley Winters's description of her 1952 little theater turn as Blanche: "I was marvelous, except I had a slight Brooklyn accent at that time, which made an interesting characterization.
Performing Arts events, concerts and family shows at its campus venues, including Pauley Pavilion, Royce Hall, Freud Playhouse, MacGowan Hall's Little Theater, Schoenberg Hall and the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
One-Man Opus: Storyteller Will Power brings the acclaimed "Flow" to the Macgowan Little Theater on the UCLA campus Tuesday through Sunday (2nd-7th).
 
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