Theater programs.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
Playbills, 1925-1988
Sub-Series
Identifier: Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Photographs, sheet music, playbills, prints, publications, sound recordings, programs, souvenir books, correspondence, drawings, broadsides, articles, ephemera, manuscripts, and journal issues relating to the theater, music, dance, and literature. The photographic portion of the collection consists primarily of Carl Van Vechten's portraits of influential actors, writers, and artists of the New York stage. Amongst the photographic prints are rare portraits of notable African American authors,...
Dates:
1925-1988
Prelude to Swing Plus 50: A Survey of the Development of Black Music. The Afro-American Arts Institute of Indiana University, Bloomington, 5 April 1986
File — Box 8: Series Series 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: 08_26_1986
Scope and Contents
In celebtration of the 50th anniversary of the Federal Theatre Project. The production was based on the 1939 Federal Theatre Production.
Dates:
Event: 5 April 1986
Puppetplay. Theatre Four, New York, 16 November 1983
File — Box 8: Series Series 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: 08_14_1983
Scope and Contents
The Negro Ensemble Company
Dates:
Event: 16 November 1983
Purlie, a new musical comedy, starring Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, John Heffernan. Broadway Theatre, New York, 1970
File — Box 7: Series Series 1, Folder: 38
Identifier: 07_38_1970
Scope and Contents
Based on the play "Purlie Victorious"
Dates:
Event: 1970
Raisin in the Sun, A. Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, [1959]
File — Box 7: Series Series 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: 07_23_1959
Scope and Contents
Starring Claudia McNeil, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett, Diana Sands
Dates:
Event: [1959]
Respectful Prostitute, The & Happy Journey, The. Cort Theatre, New York, 1948
File — Box 7: Series Series 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: 07_18_1948
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Photographs, sheet music, playbills, prints, publications, sound recordings, programs, souvenir books, correspondence, drawings, broadsides, articles, ephemera, manuscripts, and journal issues relating to the theater, music, dance, and literature. The photographic portion of the collection consists primarily of Carl Van Vechten's portraits of influential actors, writers, and artists of the New York stage. Amongst the photographic prints are rare portraits of notable African American authors,...
Dates:
Event: 1948
Road to Mecca, The. Promenade Theatre, New York, 1988
File — Box 8: Series Series 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: 08_36_1988
Scope and Contents
Starring Yvonne Bryceland, Athol Fugard and Amy Irving; written at top of page: "No Black characters." The play takes place in the small Karoo village of New Bethesda, South Africa.
Dates:
Event: 1988
Sarafina! Cort Theatre and Lincoln Center Theater, New York, 1988
File — Box 8: Series Series 1, Folder: 37
Identifier: 08_37_1988
Scope and Contents
The Committed Artists
Dates:
Event: 1988
Shades of Harlem. Village Gate Downstairs, Greenwich Village, New York, 1984
File — Box 8: Series Series 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: 08_21_1984
Scope and Contents
Starring Branice McKenzie, Jeree Palmer and Ty Stephens with The Harlem Renaissance Ladies
Dates:
Event: 1984
Short Eyes. Anspacher Theater, New York, 1974
File — Box 7: Series Series 1, Folder: 41
Identifier: 07_41_1974
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Photographs, sheet music, playbills, prints, publications, sound recordings, programs, souvenir books, correspondence, drawings, broadsides, articles, ephemera, manuscripts, and journal issues relating to the theater, music, dance, and literature. The photographic portion of the collection consists primarily of Carl Van Vechten's portraits of influential actors, writers, and artists of the New York stage. Amongst the photographic prints are rare portraits of notable African American authors,...
Dates:
Event: 1974