Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Fun to be free, 1941-[ongoing].

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Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Fun to be free, 1941-[ongoing].

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Includes programs, press clippings, photographs, and related materials for stage productions and film or video adaptations (if any) of the work, beginning with the October 1941 premiere at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Posters, photographic prints (for productions prior to 1983), and recordings are filed in other series.

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

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SNAC Resource ID: 6754131

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

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