born Sept. 18, 1901, New York, N.Y., U.S.
died Sept. 9, 1980, New York City
U.S. director and drama critic.
He was an actor from 1924 and was a founding member of the experimental Group Theatre . He directed a wide range of Broadway plays, including Awake and Sing! (1935), Member of the Wedding (1950), Touch of the Poet (1957), and Incident at Vichy (1965), and he wrote drama reviews for The New Republic (1949–53) and The Nation (1953–80).