Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Street scene, 1946-[ongoing].

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Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Street scene, 1946-[ongoing].

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Includes programs, press clippings, photographs, and related materials for stage productions, broadcasts, and film or video adaptations (if any) of the work, beginning with the December 1946 preview at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

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