- unitid
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{"value"=>"186714", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2024-012", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b23563184", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1979-2017", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1979/2017"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Elizabeth McCann papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"14 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5.83 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"32 computer files", "unit"=>"computer_files"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"98.6 megabytes", "unit"=>"megabytes"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 audio recording", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 moving image recordings", "unit"=>"moving_image_recordings"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Elizabeth McCann (1931-2021) was a Broadway theater producer who came to prominence in the 1970s with her company McCann & Nugent Productions. The Elizabeth McCann papers, which date from 1979 to 2017, primarily document McCann's later solo producing career. The collection holds files of correspondence, casting notes, programs, marketing materials, press clippings, budgets, and financial information relating to many of the plays McCann produced."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"McCann, Elizabeth I. (Elizabeth Ireland), 1931-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Elizabeth Ireland McCann was born in New York City in 1931 to working class Scottish immigrant parents. McCann became a theater fan as a teenager when a cousin took her to see <span class=\"title\">Cyrano de Bergerac</span> starring José Ferrer. She graduated from Manhattanville College in 1952 and earned a graduate degree in English Literature from Columbia University in 1954. McCann then held various positions in off-Broadway theaters, including at the Cherry Lane theatre, while studying law. In 1966, she earned a law degree from Fordham University and began working as managing director of the Nederlander Organization soon after.</p> <p>McCann came to prominence in the mid-1970s with producing partner Nelle Nugent, a friend and colleague from Nederlander. McCann & Nugent's productions included <span class=\"title\">Dracula</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Elephant Man</span>, <span class=\"title\">Amadeus</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby</span>, which all won Tony Awards between 1978 and 1982.</p> <p>After McCann & Nugent Productions Incorporated dissolved, McCann continued to experience commercial success and critical praise in her solo career. In 1987, she won a Tony for her work on <span class=\"title\">Les Liaisons Dangereuses</span>. She also produced Stew's musical <span class=\"title\">Passing Strange</span> (2008) and Lisa Kron's <span class=\"title\">Well</span> (2006). McCann served as a patron of playwright Edward Albee, reviving <span class=\"title\">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</span> and producing many of his other plays in the 1990s and 2000s.</p> <p>In the 2000s, McCann produced six Tony Awards telecasts in the 2000s. McCann won her ninth and final Tony Award for a revival of <span class=\"title\">Hair</span> in 2009.</p> <p>Elizabeth \"Liz\" McCann died of cancer in 2021.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Elizabeth McCann papers, which date from 1979 to 2017, primarily encompass McCann's years of solo producing following her partnership with Nelle Nugent. The collection traces McCann's professional life through files on most of the plays she invested in or produced.</p> <p>The collection comprises alphabetically arranged production files that typically hold budget and financial information; contracts; casting notes; scripts; press material; and programs. Outgoing and incoming correspondence, in the form of letters and printed emails, is present throughout the collection. Files for some productions hold visual material relating to marketing and set design.</p> <p>A small quantity of files on McCann & Nugent Productions is present, including only a small sampling of documents from the production team. McCann's work with playwright Edward Albee is well-represented, including production files for <span class=\"title\">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?</span>, <span class=\"title\">Three Tall Women</span>, and others. Of particular note are files on the telecasts of the Tony Awards ceremonies dating from 2001 to 2008. No personal material is included in the collection.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is arranged alphabetically by production title or subject.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Allison Sommers in 2024.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Halliday</span> in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Inquiries regarding audio and moving image materials in the collection may be directed to the Billy Rose Theatre Division (theatre@nypl.org). Audio and moving image materials may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>McCann & Nugent Productions records, *T-Mss 1985-009. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- date_start
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1979
- keydate
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1979
- date_end
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2017
- date_inclusive_start
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1979
- date_inclusive_end
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2017
- extent_statement
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5.83 linear feet (14 boxes). 98.6 megabytes (32 computer files). 1 audio recording. 4 moving image recordings
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Elizabeth McCann papers, *T-Mss 2024-012. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}