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Creator
Bennett, Michael, 1943-1987
Call number
*T-Mss 1997-024
Physical description
.5 linear feet (1 box)
Preferred Citation
Legal papers regarding a chorus line, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Access to materials
Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials

Michael Bennett, director and choreographer, conceived, choreographed and directed the enormously successful Broadway musical, A CHORUS LINE. The collection concerns "the matter of Michael Bennett," preliminary hearings in an unsuccessful plagiarism suit against him for A CHORUS LINE. It consists of transcripts of sworn testimony of Bennett, Cy Coleman and James Lipton and photocopies of A CHORUS LINE correspondence and calendars assembled for Bennett's lawyers.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Papers: Transfer, NY Shakespeare Festival/Joe Papp Archives, 08/07/97

Using the collection

Location

Billy Rose Theatre Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Access to materials

Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials