Westport Country Playhouse, is a not-for-profit theater in Westport, Connecticut.
Founded in 1931 by Lawrence Langner, a New York theater producer. Langner remodeled a 1830s tannery with a Broadway-quality stage.
2010 marked the Westport Country Playhouse’s 80th season. The Westport Country Playhouse has produced more than 700 plays, 36 of which were transferred to Broadway and almost four million people had attended the theatre.
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