The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
…and fashioning appropriate art. Living Newspapers were plays written by research teams. These playwrights clipped articles from newspapers about current events which were transformed into plays aimed at informing audiences; the plays usually had reformist themes and focused on important issues. The Biltmore was next used as a studio for Warner Brothers before housing George Abbott’s smash hit production of Brother Rat in 1936. The energetic cast…