Larry Aldrich papers 1957-1964

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Larry Aldrich papers 1957-1964

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Larry Aldrich invested in a number of theatrical productions in the 1950s and 1960s. Consists of legal papers, financial statements, business correspondence, and other papers related to several stage productions in which Larry Aldrich held a financial interest. The shows in which Aldrich invested included Jay Livingston's OH, CAPTAIN!, Tennessee Williams' ORPHEUS DESCENDING (both 1957), Ben Hecht's WINKELBERG (1958), and Stephen Sondheim's ANYONE CAN WHISTLE (1963-4).

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The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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