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How did Paul Newman meet Joanne Woodward?

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Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward first met while working on the 1953–54 Broadway production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Picnic. At the time, Woodward was serving as an understudy, while Newman was making his Broadway debut as a fellow cast member.1