Born and raised in Brooklyn,[1] Weinstein graduated from City College of New York and earned a master's degree in drama from Carnegie Institute of Technology.
He began his theatre work as a director at playhouses in Falmouth and Norwich, and was the stage manager for The Innocents on Broadway.
[2]: 136-37 When Langner left in 1959, Weinstein brought in Laurence Feldman, whom he had worked with on the Theatre Fund, as co-producer and partner.
[2]: 143-48 Weinstein joined the Westport Playhouse again in the mid-1970s as artistic director,[2]: 174 returning to movies and television after the 1978 season.
From the beginning its production was disrupted by her personal troubles, and after her death on August 4, 1962, the film was abandoned.