Robert Kalfin, Off-Broadway Pioneer, Made a Home for Big Risks
The founder of Chelsea Theater Center was a force from the 1960s onward, doing plays no one else would do and encouraging similar boldness in his colleagues.
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The founder of Chelsea Theater Center was a force from the 1960s onward, doing plays no one else would do and encouraging similar boldness in his colleagues.
With his American Place Theatre and his teaching, he launched countless essential theatrical careers, though he was humble to a fault.
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A look back.