Thursday, June 23, 2016
Leonard Bernstein's hostility towards writer of musical's book almost halted project, newly released correspondence revealsIt is regularly judged one of the best musicals of all time, yet We…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32PM[SHARE]Monday, June 20, 2016
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Anti-Prom 2016 was a great success. The outfits designed by the High School of Fashion Industries were beautiful interpretations of…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 9, 2016
Much has been written about the diversity reflected in the 2015-2016 Broadway season. Â A recent Playbill.com article states "Of the 40 acting nominations in eight categories, 14 went to a…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:37PM[SHARE]Monday, June 6, 2016
Rose dancer, 1914. Image ID: 5208659
It is almost time for the Library's fabulous Anti-Prom. On Friday, June 17, New York teens will assemble on the steps of the Schwarzman Building and…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:31PM[SHARE]National Post theatre critic Robert Cushman and his son Mitchell Cushman, who is directing adaptations of Shakespeare's histories, discussed the Bard and his works
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 10:43AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 11, 2016
To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jaques's lines on the seven ages of man from Ac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 4, 2016
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has launched a new Fellows of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division program. This class of six fellows was chosen by the Committee for the Jer…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:49PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 3, 2016
To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Paterson Joseph speaks Shylock's lines from The Merchant of Venice…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AM[SHARE]To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jacques's lines on the seven ages of man from A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Damian Lewis performs Antony's lines from act III, scene 2 of Juli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Laura Carmichael speaks Portia's lines from The Merchant of Venice…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Riz Ahmed speaks Edmund's soliloquy from the start of Act I, Scene…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 28, 2016
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The Music Division is celebrating the completion of its Clipping File inventory (done entirely by volunteers) with a blog series. Melissa is one of the volunteers who contributed so much to …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:37PM[SHARE]Monday, April 25, 2016
As the world commemorates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death this year, The New York Library for the Performing Arts is doing its part by sharing with the world some of our unique …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:24PM[SHARE]Friday, April 22, 2016
Shakespeare's ability to distil human nature into an elegant turn of phrase is rightly exalted " much remains vivid four centuries after his death. Less scrutiny has been given to statistics…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 21, 2016
John Street Theatre, NYC, c. 1791. Image ID: 1650651
A guest post on the research that informed the earliest material in Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, by volunteer (and former intern)…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 09:10PM[SHARE]On March 21, 2016, the Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) debuted Archives of Sound, an interactive audio installation inspired by collections in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of R…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:08PM[SHARE]Monday, April 11, 2016
Henry V. Stage-plot. Directions for scenery, curtains, drops, etc. with drawings and diagrams. *NDB [RBS] 97-1287 (Shakespeare, W. Henry V)
This post is a report by volunteer/former intern …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:04PM[SHARE]Monday, April 4, 2016
James H. Hackett as Falstaff. Image ID: TH-26477
Shakespeare's Star Turn in America focuses on production of Shakespeare's works in North American theaters and why certain plays were popula…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:57PM[SHARE]Last week I introduced Melissa, a volunteer with the Music Division, who began a series of three blog posts on the newly available inventory of the Music Division's Clipping file.  Her…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:57PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 31, 2016
I'm happy to announce that the "Names" portion of the Music Division's Clipping File has been inventoried. This inventory contains over 46,000 names and is a list of folders in our Clipping …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:53PM[SHARE]To whom it may concern: Today I spoke with a reference librarian about donating my copy of Marc Blitzstein's original working score of Regina. I worked with Marc for two years singing his so…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:53PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 17, 2016
Dancers from all over the world compete in the international tour of Juste Debout in the hope that they will get the chance to battle in the preliminary rounds in France and perform at the f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 1, 2016
In 1985, a group of musicians fed up with industry-imposed limitations that pigeonholed Black artists into either R&B singers or rappers, formed the Black Rock Coalition (BRC). Founders …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:45PM[SHARE]Monday, February 29, 2016
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Promotional Brochure, "Thoughts of Prominent Men Regarding Margaret Mather," for her Romeo and Juliet tour, back cover, 1880s.Â
Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, the new exhibiti…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:55PM[SHARE]To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Camille O'Sullivan plays Constance in King John, Act III, Scene 4.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Joanna Lumley speaks Viola's soliloquy from Twelfth Night, Act II,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Sacha Dhawan delivers an edited version of Parolles's lines from t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE] 
