AMAS Musical Theatre production files, 1978-1992.

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AMAS Musical Theatre production files, 1978-1992.

The AMAS Musical Theatre production files consist of documentation for thirty-six plays produced by AMAS, including both original plays and well known plays such as "It's so nice to be civilized," "Bojangles," "Jam," "Juba," "Blackberries," and "The buck stops here." Revivals have included "Bye Bye Birdie," "Carousel," and "My Fair Lady." A variety of material can be found in the files; however not every kind of material will be available for each production. The following list provides a sampling of files: attendance sheets; audition sheets, budgets, cast lists/contact sheets; casting lists and notices; contracts; costume inventories; cue sheets; equity contracts; flyers and programs; memoranda and correspondence; music and lyrics; performance reports; production schedules; rehearsal logs, schedules and reports; reviews; scene breakdown sheets; scripts-blocking/production/master/music; set design and illustrations/lighting/props; sound; stage manager's notes; and VIP lists. Additionally, the collection includes background information about AMAS and Rosetta LeNoire, AMAS's Eubie Blake Youth Theatre, programs and flyers for productions not represented in the files, and certificates awarded to AMAS.

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Pockress, Lee.

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AMAS Musical Theatre (formerly AMAS Repertory Theatre) was founded by actress Rosetta LeNoire in 1969 as a non-profit performing arts company in New York City. LeNoire conceived of the idea for a multiracial troupe in response to the rift she observed between African Americans and whites during that period. Originally known as the AMAS Repertory Theatre (amas means "you love" in Latin), its name was changed in 1989 to reflect its focus on musical theater. AMAS has produc...

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LeNoire, Rosetta, 1911-2002

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