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Lucille Lortel papers

Title: Lucille Lortel papers

The papers of Lucille Lortel relate the details of her life and career from teen years to her death in 1999, and include correspondence, production files, scripts, programs, production photographs, personal and family photographs, organization files, clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Lucille Lortel's life spanned the twentieth century, so in addition to providing details of her family and personal life her papers encompass many aspects of the theatrical history of her era. Lortel is credited with fostering the Off-Broadway movement and providing a forum for avant-garde and experimental work at her Theatre de Lys. Lortel's productions at the White Barn and the ANTA Matinee Series at the Theatre de Lys brought works by Jean Genet, Sean O'Casey, Athol Fugard, and others to a wider audience. Many of these productions are represented in the collection by correspondence, programs, photographs and clippings. Over the years Lortel also worked closely with several non-profit theaters as a donor and mentor. Her affiliations with Circle in the Square, Circle Repertory Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Yale Repertory Theatre, and other companies are documented in the organization files.

ArchivalResource: 49.61 linear feet; 37 vols. (150 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21631 View

Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.). Programs collection III : Miscellaneous theaters, [ca. 1865]-[ongoing].

Title: Programs collection III : Miscellaneous theaters, [ca. 1865]-[ongoing].

Programs and playbills.

ArchivalResource: 105 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31128398 View

Miller, Roger, 1936-1992. Big river : the adventures of Huckleberry Finn / music and lyrics by Roger Miller ; book by William Hauptman ; adapted from the novel by Mark Twain, 2003.

Title: Big river : the adventures of Huckleberry Finn / music and lyrics by Roger Miller ; book by William Hauptman ; adapted from the novel by Mark Twain, 2003.

This musical adaptation of Mark Twain's novel The adventures of Huckleberry Finn was partly cast with actors from the Deaf West theater troupe who performed in sign language, alongside non-deaf performers who sang their roles. Typescript, dated July 1, 2003.

ArchivalResource: [1], 85 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/694890078 View

Velina Hasu Houston Papers, 1986-1998

Title: Velina Hasu Houston Papers, 1986-1998

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Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.). Collection of scripts, 1967-

Title: Collection of scripts, 1967-

The collection consists of copies of scripts for plays performed at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, Calif., and at its other theaters, including The Improvisational Theatre, New Theatre for Now, and The Lab. New scripts are added to the collection at the conclusion of each season.

ArchivalResource: 60 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122560028 View

Houston, Velina Hasu. Papers of Velina Hasu Houston, 1986-1998.

Title: Papers of Velina Hasu Houston, 1986-1998.

The collection consists of manuscripts of Houston's plays, screenplays, essays, and chapters from a novel. The correspondence deals with personal, literary, and business matters.

ArchivalResource: 1,152 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122499745 View

New York Shakespeare Festival records

Title: New York Shakespeare Festival records

The New York Shakespeare Festival records (1954-1992) measure approximately 850 linear feet and consist of scripts, correspondence, inter-office memoranda, production materials, reports, financial records, photographs, and memorabilia. The records reflect the origin and activities of the New York Shakespeare Festival, its general administration, and the staging of its productions, including their creation, management, booking, and promotion. The files of the Casting Office, except in the form of carbon copies in other series, are not included in this archive. There are also gaps in the files of the Associate Producer. Contracts were removed and require special permission of the curator to access. Oral history materials in Series I and some correspondence in Series V are restricted until the year 2043 in order to protect the privacy of individual persons. Series XIV (Oversized Materials) is not fully processed and is currently unavailable for research.

ArchivalResource: 851.5 linear feet (1803 boxes)

https://archives.nypl.org/the/21550 View

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Flower drum song / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by David Henry Hwang ; based on the original by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields ; based on the novel by C. Y. Lee, 2002.

Title: Flower drum song / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by David Henry Hwang ; based on the original by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields ; based on the novel by C. Y. Lee, 2002.

New version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1958 stage musical, which retains the original songs but replaces the earlier libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields with a new one by David Henry Hwang. Typescript, dated Oct. 10, 2002.

ArchivalResource: [1], 101 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707536809 View

Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue. Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue archive, 1997-2000.

Title: Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue archive, 1997-2000.

The archive contains administrative records focused primarily on the practical issues of organizing the summer sessions for the years 1998, 1999, and 2000. Materials include correspondence, administrative hiring, records for housing, intern applications and activities, budgets for the organization as well as for individual projects, and promotional materials. Among the records of the many productions produced over those three years are records relating to the development of House Arrest by Anna Deavere Smith. This work was presented as part of the Institute in the summer of 1998; it was staged at the Mark Taper Forum in the spring of 1999 and at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in 2000. Included in this collection are records relating to its development such as transcripts of group discussions, videotapes of its staging at the Institute and finally at the Public Theater.

ArchivalResource: ca. 16 linear ft. (13 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/478116790 View

New York Shakespeare Festival records

Title: New York Shakespeare Festival records

The New York Shakespeare Festival records (1954-1992) measure approximately 850 linear feet and consist of scripts, correspondence, inter-office memoranda, production materials, reports, financial records, photographs, and memorabilia. The records reflect the origin and activities of the New York Shakespeare Festival, its general administration, and the staging of its productions, including their creation, management, booking, and promotion. The files of the Casting Office, except in the form of carbon copies in other series, are not included in this archive. There are also gaps in the files of the Associate Producer. Contracts were removed and require special permission of the curator to access. Oral history materials in Series I and some correspondence in Series V are restricted until the year 2043 in order to protect the privacy of individual persons. Series XIV (Oversized Materials) is not fully processed and is currently unavailable for research.

ArchivalResource: 851.5 linear feet (1803 boxes)

https://archives.nypl.org/the/21550 View