"It's Great! But Why is it Here?" Musical Revue Research Guide, Part 2 by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

In the Research Guide, Part I, I advised that the easiest way to find information at LPA is by name or title. I advised that the research can benefit by compiling a list of every person in o…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 5:40am on December 17, 2012☆⚑

You Never Can Tell: Musical Revue Research Guide, Part 1 by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

Visitors to the exhibition and blog channel The Great American Revue have peppered me with questions that can be summarized as: "where do you find that stuff?" Substitute artifacts…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 7:23am on November 5, 2012☆⚑

The Act I Finale by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

The Great American Revue is coming to the end of its run at the Vincent Astor Gallery, LPA. It employed Library for the Performing Arts treasures to represent the 15 revue series on Broadway…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:23am on July 26, 2012☆⚑

Finale, Part I: Curtain Calls by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

The Great American Revue is coming to the end of its run at the Vincent Astor Gallery, LPA. Don't worry —  all of the artifacts will be returned to the Billy Rose Theatre Divisi…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 8:59am on July 25, 2012☆⚑

Audience Participation on the Ziegfeld Roof by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

At the turn of the last century, as part of their effort to establish Times Square as the new entertainment center, Oscar and William Hammerstein installed a roof garden cabaret on top of th…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:45pm on July 6, 2012☆⚑

Andre Charlot's Revue of 1924 by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

Impresario Andre Charlot brought London stars and songwriters to Broadway in January 1924. That show forms a neat connection between Noel Coward and the American revue scene, so we developed…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 1:42pm on June 27, 2012☆⚑

At the Ball, That's All: J. Leubrie Hill by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

The exhibition, The Great American Revue, focuses on Broadway revue series, 1907–1938. But, they were not the only shows on Broadway. During those three decades, dozens of musical co…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 7:14am on June 18, 2012☆⚑

That Bacchanale Rag by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

"That Bacchanal Rag" Layers on layers of references that could not fit into a caption: The Passing Show of 1912 established the topical nature of Broadway revues. The authors, Geo…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 6:14am on June 11, 2012☆⚑

African American Composers and Conductors: Ford T. Dabney by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

The exhibition, The Great American Revue, focuses on Broadway revue series, 1907–1938. But they were not the only shows on Broadway. During those three decades, dozens of musical comed…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 6:57am on May 18, 2012☆⚑

King of Jazz? Paul Whiteman and Hollywood's Rave Revues by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

Join us on Tuesday afternoon for a screening of King of Jazz (Universal, 1930) at LPA. Hollywood's Rave Revues is a film series programmed by John Calhoun in conjunction with the exhibition …

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 6:42am on May 14, 2012☆⚑

A Room with a ?: Noël Coward Parodies by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

The topical revues of 1907 – 1938 satirized performance, society and politics. Everything happening in and around New York was fair game. So, it should not be surprising that Noël…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:16am on May 4, 2012☆⚑

Color and The Great American Revue by Barbara Cohen-stratyner

This blog channel is inspired by the current exhibition at the Library for the Performing Arts, The Great American Revue: How Florenz Ziegfeld, George White and their Rivals Remade Broadway,…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 6:10am on April 27, 2012☆⚑