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American Theatre Wing

American organization
Also known as: ATW
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  • Antoinette Perry

    She helped found the American Theatre Wing (ATW), which operated the well-known Stage Door Canteens in several cities and otherwise provided hospitality and entertainment for servicemen, and was its chairman from 1941 to 1944. She also staged an ATW production of The Barretts of Wimpole Street, with Katharine Cornell,…

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    She helped found the American Theatre Wing (ATW), which operated the well-known Stage Door Canteens in several cities and otherwise provided hospitality and entertainment for servicemen, and was its chairman from 1941 to 1944. She also staged an ATW production of The Barretts of Wimpole Street, with Katharine Cornell,…

    Read More