414 stories from The New York Public Library
George Balanchine with, Mourka, his cat. Photo by Martha Swope (1964). NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID:Â 5120841
Although The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has one o…
Lou Reed holding a copy of Metal Machine Music at an in-store signing in Paris, September 19, 1996. © Mila Reynaud.Â
It's often said that only 10,000 people bought the Velvet Undergr…
Playbill for Intimate Apparel opera at Lincoln Center Theater​​​​​
Lynn Nottage is among the most important and prolific playwrights of the turn of the 2…
Ralph Ellison photo portrait seated.Â
The author Ralph Ellison is inextricably linked to his novel The Invisible Man, now considered a classic of American literature. While his other ac…
On April 15, 2021, Doc Chatters examined the many themes and symbols embedded in one painting of an iconic musician.
Portrait, circa 1808, by an unidentified artist of the painting of Lud…
Yeichi Nimura in his Flag Dance, c. 1939. Constantine © Constantine Hassalevris. Jerome Robbins Dance Division photograph files,
call number *MGZEA (Nimura, Yeichi) no. 12.
To mark A…
The Music and Recorded Sound Division at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquired the innovative composer and sound artist Maryanne Amacher's archive in 2020. Now, we've …
Julian Work's union stamp for 1948.
We in The New York Public Library's Music & Recorded Sound Division are doing what we can to uncover and bring attention to composers from und…
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From September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. The New York Public Library has created this list of free online resources to help you…
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Desde el 15 de septiembre hasta el 15 de octubre es el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana. La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York ha creado esta lista de recursos…
Photograph by Milton Meltzer depicting Hilda Haynes as Millie, James McMahon as Al Manners, Stephanie Elliot as Judith Sears, and Charles Bettis as John Neville. NYPL Digital Collections, Im…
Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Karen Olivo in the Encores! Off-Center Concert of Tick, Tick...Boom! (Photo © Joan Marcus)
Lin-Manuel Miranda's film adaptation of Jonathan Lars…
I've nothing to say. Well, nothing that's not been said. Any sentimental recounting of my memories of the few times I was lucky enough to interact with Stephen Sondheim would feel, to me, a …
Stephen Sondheim. Photograph by Friedman-Abeles (Firm). NYPL Digital Collections, ID: TH-51787
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts honors the legacy of late…
William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID:Â TH-50730
This month, A Sherlock Carol, a new play featuring Sherlock Holmes and the characters of A Christmas Ca…
On November 18, 2021, Doc Chatters used their ears to explore the history of recorded sound.Â
Lionel Mapleson with Edison Home Phonograph and extra large horn, probably at the Metr…
Works acquired for the circulating collection by Tania León, Alvin Singleton, Jeffrey Mumford, Adolphus Hailstork, Jessie Montgomery, and Florence Price
In our continuing efforts to…
En colaboración con Jessica Gavilan, Bibliotecaria de Colecciones Especiales en la División de Música y Sonido Grabado de la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York para las Artes…
Guest post by Mia Shapiro, a Jerome Robbins Dance Division Library Page.
Autographed photograph of dancer Loie Fuller, 1914. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: ful010_026.
This pas…
Sharon D. Clarke and Samantha Williams in Caroline, or Change (Photo © Joan Marcus)
There are certain Broadway seasons in which any of the shows nominated for the Best Musical Tony Awar…
(Animation from photos by Martha Swope)
The superstitious might, with some evidence, argue that when a major New York production of Assassins is announced, it's time to get very nervous. Th…
A promotional poster for the "Outdoor Record Concerts."
Bryant Park Concerts of Recorded Music, * L (Special) 20-1, Box 3, Folder 6, Notices, [n.d.].
In 1937, Columbia Records donated 5…
Elaine Stritch in the original Broadway production of COMPANY. Photo by Friedman-Abeles. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 58155824
In a December 1, 2021 piece inThe New York Ti…
Gertrude Lawrence and Noël Coward in the stage production of Private Lives by Noël Coward, 1931. Photo by Vandamm. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: ps_the_cd4_42
"He was a virt…
New Federal Theatre credit: Kimberlyn Avon of  graphicdesignskavon.bizThe New Federal Theatre was founded in 1970 by Woodie King Jr., (1937" ), a producing director on the Lowe…
