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Clurman

American  
[klur-muhn] / ˈklɜr mən /

noun

  1. Harold (Edgar), 1901–80, U.S. theatrical director, author, and critic.


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Adler began teaching the Group’s actors, and Harold Clurman, not Strasberg, directed their next play, Clifford Odets’ masterpiece “Awake and Sing!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2022

He enrolled in acting classes to prepare himself for a career as a courtroom advocate but became immersed in a cultural milieu that included Strasberg and Harold Clurman.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2020

At the Actors Studio, Landau was taught by the best – Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, Harold Clurman – and began a relationship with a fellow student, Marilyn Monroe.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2017

Nicholas Korn’s one-act comedy, presented by Triumvirate Artists at the Clurman Theater on Theater Row, claims commedia dell’arte as its inspiration.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2015

Taken aback, Clurman, who recounted the exchange to the writer David Halberstam, offered an alternative.

From Time ● Nov. 29, 2

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