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class="hfeed"> <div class="post-289953 post type-post status-publish hentry category-new-york-city category-theater tag-ephron-nora tag-papp-joseph tag-public-theater tag-streep-meryl tag-theater entry " id="entry-289953"> <header class="postHeader"> <div class="postMetaHeader">  <span class="timestamp published" title="2012-10-05T00:00:45+00:00"> <span class="date">October 4, 2012, <em>8:00 pm</em></span></span>   <span class="postMetaHeaderCommentCount commentCount"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon hidden" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/streep-donates-1-million-for-public-theater-renovation/"></a></span> </div>  <h1 class="entry-title">Streep Donates $1 Million for Public Theater Renovation</h1> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/author/allan-kozinn/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by ALLAN KOZINN">ALLAN KOZINN</a></address></header>  <div class="entry-content"><p>At a reception on Thursday night to mark the completion of the Public Theater’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/theater/public-theater-renovation-includes-a-lounge-and-a-bar.html">$40 million renovation</a> of its Astor Place home, the theater was scheduled to announce another reason to celebrate: the actress <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/meryl_streep/index.html?8qa">Meryl Streep</a> has donated $1 million to be put toward the cost of the reconfiguration. </p> <p>“I give this gift, “ Ms. Streep said in a statement, “in honor of the founder of the Public Theater, my friend and mentor Joseph Papp, and in remembrance of one of the theater’s Board members and greatest supporters, my friend <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/e/nora_ephron/index.html?8qa">Nora Ephron.</a>” (Papp died in 1991; Ephron <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/movies/nora-ephron-essayist-screenwriter-and-director-dies-at-71.html?pagewanted=all">died in June</a>.) </p> <p>Ms. Streep’s association with the company goes back to her 1975 Broadway debut in Papp’s staging of “Trelawny of the Wells” (the cast also included Mandy Patinkin and John Lithgow). She has also appeared in Shakespeare in the Park productions of “Henry V” and “Measure for Measure,” and more recently, “The Seagull” and<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/theater/reviews/22moth.html"> “Mother Courage and Her Children.”</a> </p> <p>The Public Theater’s renovation includes an expanded lobby, a new mezzanine-level cocktail lounge called the Library, a lobby snack bar meant to encourage theatergoers to congregate, a new entrance to Joe’s Pub and an expanded box office.</p> </div> </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <meta name="emailThisHash" content="B09WWnyxDQffUVTCzj9WIA"> <div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook,twitter,google,email,showall|Share,print" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631oe_/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/streep-donates-1-million-for-public-theater-renovation/" data-title="Streep Donates $1 Million for Public Theater Renovation" data-description="The actress's gift is in honor of Joseph Papp, the founder of the Public, and Nora Ephron, a former board member."></div> <div class="entry-tags"> <span class="entry-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/category/new-york-city/" title="View all posts in New York City" rel="category tag">New York City</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/category/theater/" title="View all posts in Theater" rel="category tag">Theater</a>,</span> <span class="tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/ephron-nora/" rel="tag">Ephron, Nora</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/papp-joseph/" rel="tag">Papp, Joseph</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/public-theater/" rel="tag">Public Theater</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/streep-meryl/" rel="tag">Streep, Meryl</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/theater/" rel="tag">Theater</a> </span> </div>  <div id="related-content" class="entry-related module"> <h4>Related Posts</h4> <div class="clearfix"> <div class="entry"> <h5>From ArtsBeat</h5> <ul> <li><h6><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/four-part-eleven-hour-life-and-times-to-be-part-of-soho-rep-season/" title="Four-Part, Eleven-Hour ‘Life and Times’ To Be Part of Soho Rep Season">Four-Part, Eleven-Hour ‘Life and Times’ To Be Part of Soho Rep Season</a></h6></li><li><h6><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/public-theater-announces-giant-casting/" title="Public Theater Announces ‘Giant’ Casting">Public Theater Announces ‘Giant’ Casting</a></h6></li><li><h6><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/series-of-events-to-mark-public-theaters-renovations/" title="Series of Events to Mark Public Theater’s Renovations">Series of Events to Mark Public Theater’s Renovations</a></h6></li><li><h6><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/despite-mixed-reviews-producers-eyeing-woods-move-to-broadway/" title="Despite Mixed Reviews, Producers Eyeing ‘Woods’ Move to Broadway">Despite Mixed Reviews, Producers Eyeing ‘Woods’ Move to Broadway</a></h6></li><li><h6><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/spitzers-parents-give-4-million-to-public-theater/" title="Spitzer’s Parents Give $4 Million to Public Theater">Spitzer’s Parents Give $4 Million to Public Theater</a></h6></li></ul> </div> </div> </div>  </div><hr/> <div class="module box nav nocontent"> <ul class="opposingFloatControl wrap"> <li class="element1"> <span class="previous">Previous Post</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/john-legend-cancels-tour/" title="John Legend Cancels Tour">John Legend Cancels Tour</a> </li> <li class="element2"> <span class="next">Next Post</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021631/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/cant-get-tickets-watch-jay-z-concert-online/" title="Can’t Get Tickets? 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