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A Message From Sarah and Martin by McCarter Theatre Center

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George Clooney makes his Broadway debut in GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. Broadway.com for tickets! by Broadway.com

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WICKED Stars Mary Kate Morrissey and Alexandra Socha Perform a Exclusive Rendition of "For Good" by Broadway.com

Enjoy an exclusive performance of WICKED's “For Good” in the Broadway.com studio from Broadway musical leads Alexandra Socha and Mary Kate Morrissey. Get tickets to WICKED: https://www.broadway.com/shows/wicked/

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Hear From Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Sutton Foster and More on The Broadway Show by Broadway.com

The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both on and off the stage. - Broadway.c…

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DEATH BECOMES HER’s Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber & Michelle Williams preview! by Broadway.com

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The Avett Brothers surprise SWEPT AWAY Broadway opening night crowd with title tune encore by Broadway.com

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In Process: Francesca D'Uva and Sam Max on grief in comedy by Playwrights Horizons

THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG Written and performed by Francesca D'Uva Directed by Sam Max Production design by Sam Max Lighting Design by Zack Lobel Props by Matt Carlin Production Stage Management by Siena Yusi Playwrights Hor…

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In Process: Francesca D'Uva and Sam Max on writing and rewriting by Playwrights Horizons

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Hit the TAMMY FAYE Opening Night Red Carpet with Elton John, Jake Shears, Katie Brayben and More by Broadway.com

Hear from Elton John, Katie Brayben, Christian Borle and more as they celebrate TAMMY FAYE's Broadway opening. Get tickets to TAMMY FAYE: https://www.broadway.com/shows/tammy-faye/

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Don't Tell Marcia! Backstage at CABARET with Marty Lauter (aka Marcia Marcia Marcia), Episode 1 by Broadway.com

In episode one, Marty Lauter gives viewers the lay of the land backstage at the August Wilson Theatre. They kick it off with some fan questions, roam the halls meeting fellow CABARET cast and crew members and show us the righ…

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Ryan McCartan stars in the title role of Broadway’s THE GREAT GATSBY in Jan 2025 📸: David Muller by Broadway.com

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Francesca D'Uva is "ENCHANTING TO WATCH!" (Cole Escola, OH, MARY!) by Playwrights Horizons

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Darren Criss & Helen J Shen star in Broadway’s MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, enjoy a sneak peek! by Broadway.com

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Celebrate ELF THE MUSICAL's Return to Broadway for the Holidays! by Broadway.com

Grey Henson, Sean Astin, Kayla Davion and more chat about bringing ELF THE MUSICAL back to Broadway on the musical's opening night. Get tickets to ELF THE MUSICAL: https://www.broadway.com/shows/elf-the-musical-2024/

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Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth and More Talk WICKED: PART ONE by Broadway.com

WICKED: PART ONE stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater and Bowen Yang, as well as director Jon M. Chu, composer Stephen Schwartz, musical director Stephen Oremus, choreographer Christopher Scott and original Broadw…

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SWEPT AWAY’s Broadway company shares when Ship Happens, when mishaps occur at the musical! by Broadway.com

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Catch Up with Original HAIRSPRAY Stars Laura Bell Bundy, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Kerry Butler by Broadway.com

Watch HAIRSPRAY original cast members Laura Bell Bundy, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Kerry Butler reunite for MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW! Get tickets to MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW! https://www.broadway.com/shows/mama-im-a-big-girl-…

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Buddy on Broadway! Grey Henson, Sean Astin, Kalen Allen & ELF Company take their opening night bow by Broadway.com

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Erika Henningsen, Bethenny Frankel, Sara Bareilles & more on ELF’s Broadway Opening Night Red Carpet by Broadway.com

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Kalen Allen makes his Broadway debut in ELF tonight & he chats about taking his opening night bow! by Broadway.com

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Tony Winner Bill Irwin on Returning to Broadway in EUREKA DAY by Broadway.com

Host Tamsen Fadal speaks with EUREKA DAY star and Tony® winner Bill Irwin. Get tickets to EUREKA DAY: https://www.broadway.com/shows/eureka-day/

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Sir Elton John, TAMMY FAYE’s Broadway composer, speaks at opening night curtain call at the Palace by Broadway.com

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Katie Brayben, star of Broadway’s TAMMY FAYE chats about taking her opening night Broadway debut bow by Broadway.com

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TAMMY FAYE’s Katie Brayben, Christian Borle, Michael Cerveris & company hit opening night carpet by Broadway.com

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Ted Shawn Papers, Additions Now Open for Research by Danielle Castronovo, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Jerome Robbins Dance Division

The Jerome Robbins Dance Division is pleased to announce that the Ted Shawn papers, Additions is now open for research. This material was donated to the Library in 1992 by the John Ch…

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Monday, June 27, 2016

Anahid Ajemian: In Memoriam by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

A flyer advertising Anahid Ajemian’s debut recital at Town Hall on November 19th, 1946. The violinist Anahid Ajemian, who dedicated her artistic life to performing and fostering new music…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:38AM

Friday, June 24, 2016

Are You Spoken For? An Ad Campaign and A Cultural Stereotype by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

A guest blog by volunteer and former intern Emma Winter Zeig Photograph taken by the author. Before a television ad sells a product to the consumer, the company behind the product has …

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:46PM

Monday, June 20, 2016

The Other Secret Garden by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Advertisement for Burnett's adult and juvenile fiction Anti-Prom 2016 was a great success. The outfits designed by the High School of Fashion Industries were beautiful interpretations of t…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:58PM

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Keeping #TonysSoDiverse Beyond the 2015-2016 Season by A.j. Muhammad, Librarian, Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference

Much has been written about the diversity reflected in the 2015-2016 Broadway season. 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

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Ep. 33 "A Little Glimpse Behind the Scenes" | Library Stories by The Library Stories Project

Ben West, founder and director of UnsungMusicalsCo., is on a mission to give new life to the lesser-known authors and works of American musical theater. With the help of the unparalleled col…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:07AM

Monday, June 6, 2016

Garden Fashion at Anti-Prom by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

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…

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Friday, May 20, 2016

The Many Characters of Lupino Lane by Stephen Massa

On the third floor of the Library for the Performing Arts, one of the exhibit cases has recently been devoted to unique film related materials found in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection. Cur…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:42PM

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian: An Introduction by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

Music For Moderns: The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian, a forthcoming exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, tells the story of two remarkable fi…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:34PM

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

The Jerome Robbins Dance Division Fellows Project by Tanisha Jones, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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…

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Edwin Denby: Memory, History and Documentation by Yoshiko Chuma, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Fellow

I have been a member of the Burckhardt family since 1979, through my relationship with Jacob Burckhardt, filmmaker and photographer. Edwin Denby was also a member of this family. By way of a…

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Black American Dance Narratives: A Survey of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division by Malaika Adero, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Fellow

All art is cultural expression, but none is more integrative than dance, which is made of our bodies—how we move, where we move, what we wear—to tell every story there is to tell of how …

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The Same Joy: A Tale of Two Ballet Masters, Balanchine and Bournonville by Silas M. Farley, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Fellow

A Second Home Upon moving to New York City at age fourteen to complete my dance training at the School of American Ballet (SAB), I made a very important discovery. My new address, 70 Lincol…

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Treasure Hunting at the Library for Performing Arts by Joseph Houseal, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Fellow

Years ago I read a book called Gods Who Dance, written by American dancer Ted Shawn (1891-1972). It tells the tale of his exploratory dance travels. Shawn was one half of Denishawn, a semin…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:49PM

Everybody’s Guide to Gus Solomons jr’s Dances for Alternative Spaces by Gus Solomons Jr, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Fellow

I was flattered and intrigued when asked by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to participate in their scholar's program to explore thei…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:49PM

Searching for Irina Baronova in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division by Victoria Tennant, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Fellow

I was in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division research room looking through a box of photographs when I found it, a postcard of my mother, Irina…

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

The Music Division's Clipping File: Performers and Performances by Bob Kosovsky, Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Music Division

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

Monday, April 25, 2016

Hamlet Turns Left: Handwritten Shakespeare Promptbooks at LPA by Suzanne Lipkin, Lta Iii, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Special Collections

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 uniqu…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:24PM

Thursday, April 21, 2016

British Soldiers' Theatre During the Revolutionary War by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

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)…

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"Archives of Sound" at the Library for the Performing Arts by Danielle Cordovez, Librarian Ii, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives Of Recorded Sound

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

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Ep. 26 "It Has Enriched My Life" | Library Stories by The Library Stories Project

Sara Banleigh is a folk singer, music historian, and avid user of NYPL’s Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. During her songwriting process, Sara comes to the Library to dis…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:50PM

Monday, April 11, 2016

A Mystery Plot: Guest Shakespeare Post by Emma Winter Zeig by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

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

Monday, April 4, 2016

Falstaff On the Road: Or, Why Dickens Was Right About America by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

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 po…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:57PM

The Music Division's Clipping File: The Scandals by Bob Kosovsky, Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Music Division

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. Here is…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:57PM

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Finding a Life at The New York Public Library: Remembering Shannon Bolin 1917-2016 by George Boziwick, Chief, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Music Division

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 …

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:53PM

The Music Division's Clipping File: Musicians and Politics by Bob Kosovsky, Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Music Division

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

Monday, March 28, 2016

100 Years (Or So) Ago in Dance: La Marseillaise by Arlene Yu

Isadora Duncan dancing La Marseillaise, 1917. Photo by Arnold Genthe. Image ID: isadora_0060va It's April 9 in Paris in the spring of 1916. The Battle of Verdun, one of the largest battles…

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Ep. 20 "Those Endless Possibilities" | Library Stories by The Library Stories Project

Silas Farley first visited NYPL's Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center when he was just 14 years old. Now, as a dancer for the New York City Ballet and a self-described "nerd" f…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:31PM

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

The Black Rock Coalition: Empowering Artists Who Break the Mold by Danielle Cordovez, Librarian Ii, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives Of Recorded Sound

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

Monday, February 29, 2016

O Romeo, Romeo by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Promotional Brochure, "Thoughts of Prominent Men Regarding Margaret Mather," for her Romeo and Juliet tour, back cover, 1880s. Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, the new exhibition a…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:55PM

Monday, February 22, 2016

100 Years (Or So) Ago in Dance: Florence Mills by Arlene Yu

Florence Mills. Image ID: 5105186 In 1916, five years before her big break in Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical Shuffle Along, Florence Mills performed in Chicago’s Panama Cafe as pa…

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