Jerome Robbins Papers, 1930-2001 (bulk 1940-1998).

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Jerome Robbins Papers, 1930-2001 (bulk 1940-1998).

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Includes correspondence, scripts, productions materials, scores, and financial information on Robbins theatrical productions, ballets, films, and television work including Bells are ringing, Fiddler on the roof, Funny girl, Gypsy, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, the King and I, Mother Courage and her children, Oh, Dad, poor Dad, Mama's hung you in the closet and I'm feelin' so sad, On the town, Peter Pan, West Side story, the Ford 50th anniversary television show, and others. Also includes materials on some unproduced projects including, Exception and the rule, The office, and his autobiographical work Poppa piece. Includes correspondence and working files for Robbins' work with the dance companies Ballets: U.S.A., American Ballet Theatre, and the New York City Ballet and others, the Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto, Italy), the experimental American Theatre Laboratory, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, ann his personal properties.

241 ln. ft. (581 boxes)

New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection

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