Richard Barr

Richard Barr: The Playwright’s Producer is a biography of producer Richard Barr (1917-1989), who worked on Broadway, off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, and off-off-Broadway at the Playwrights Unit. Crespy’s research material includes nearly sixty interviews with actors, directors, designers, stage managers, and fellow producers who worked with Barr; the producer’s personal papers; and Barr’s own unpublished memoirs.