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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

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

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