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{"value"=>"1910-2020", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1910/2020"}
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{"value"=>"Edward Gallardo papers"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"Edward Gallardo (1949-2019) was an American writer, lyricist, and actor of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Venezuelan descent born and raised in the Bronx, New York. Gallardo's best-known play, <span class=\"title\">Simpson Street</span>, was performed throughout the United States and toured in Spain, Puerto Rico, Columbia, and Mexico. Gallardo's papers date from 1910 to 2020 and chronicle mostly his work as an actor and writer through contracts, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, scrapbook albums, script drafts, and audio and video recordings."}
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{"value"=>"Multiple languages"}
{"value"=>"Primarily in English. Some productions and associated materials are in Spanish. One production includes Yiddish words."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Edward Gallardo papers, *T-Mss 2024-009. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Gallardo, Edward, 1949-", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Edward Gallardo (born 1949 and raised in the South Bronx, New York) was an American writer, lyricist, and actor of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Venezuelan descent.</p> <p>Gallardo performed in Off-Off-Broadway shows while obtaining an associate degree from Bronx Community College and a bachelor's of arts degree in Theatre Arts from the City College of New York in 1973. Gallardo's first play <span class=\"title\">Bernie</span> was produced at the New York Theatre Ensemble in 1969. Two years later, the play was selected by the Paris Theater Market in France to be performed in Europe in both Paris, France, and Amsterdam in 1971. During the 1970s, Gallardo's plays <span class=\"title\">In Another Part of the City</span>, <span class=\"title\">Cordelia</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Everybody Knows My Business</span> (co-written with his sister Yolanda Gallardo) were produced Off-off Broadway. In 1975, the opera <span class=\"title\">Waltz on a Merry-Go-Round</span> (composed by Bruce Taub, libretto by Gallardo) premiered at the Little Theater in New York City. In 1976, Taub became Gallardo's domestic partner.</p> <p>In the mid-1970s, Gallardo moved to Los Angeles, California with his younger sister actress Silvana Gallardo, and landed a co-starring role on the television series <span class=\"title\">Baretta</span>. His work on the series led to work on other television shows and movies including <span class=\"title\">Hawaii 5-O</span>, <span class=\"title\">Charlie's Angels</span>, <span class=\"title\">Lou Grant</span>, <span class=\"title\">Serpico</span>, <span class=\"title\">M*A*S*H</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Killer on Board</span>. After being cast in roles that were racist caricatures of Hispanic men, Gallardo became frustrated with the Hollywood film industry.</p> <p>Gallardo returned to New York City in 1979 after the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater asked to produce his play <span class=\"title\">Simpson Street</span>. The play was a success, enjoying two revivals in New York City; performances in cities throughout the United States; and touring in Spain (1981), Puerto Rico (1983), Colombia (1984), and Mexico (1984). The script was published in an anthology of Gallardo's plays in 1990.</p> <p>From 1979 to 1981, Gallardo participated in the Playwright's Unit of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, was commissioned by the Center For Inter-American Relations to write the cabaret <span class=\"title\">A Little Spice…And Things Not So Nice</span>, and was the Playwright in Residence at the Westside Repertory Theater. Gallardo's play <span class=\"title\">The Mugger</span> was produced by West Side Repertory Theater in 1980. His children's play <span class=\"title\">The World of Muddy Waters</span> toured New York City Schools and Arts Centers through the Association of Hispanic Arts and CETA program in 1980; and was produced by Pregones in NYC and Festival de Pescadores, Vieques in Puerto Rico in 1982.</p> <p>In 1985, Gallardo's play <span class=\"title\">Women Without Men</span> won Joseph Papp's Festival Latino's first national contest for Latino plays and a workshop production produced by Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival. The workshop was followed by productions (in English and Spanish) produced by the Bilingual Foundation in Puerto Rico and Mexico in 1988 and Los Angeles, California in 1991.</p> <p>Beginning in the late 1980s, Gallardo's writing shifted to musicals. He wrote the book and lyrics for <span class=\"title\">Fantasma: A Street Opera</span> (music by Marc Allen Trujillo, premiered at the Public Theater, 1989), <span class=\"title\">Carmen Libre</span> (based on the opera <span class=\"title\">Carmen</span> by George Bizet, music by Bizet, premiered at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, 1992), <span class=\"title\">The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz</span> (music by Gary William Friedman, premiered at Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, 1997), and <span class=\"title\">Selena Forever</span> (based on the life of Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, original music by Fernando Rivas, premiered at the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium, 2000). Gallardo wrote the book for <span class=\"title\">The Petrified Prince</span> (based on the unproduced screenplay by Ingmar Bergman, directed by Hal Prince, music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, premiered at the Public Theater, 1994) and <span class=\"title\">Casanova Returns</span> (based on Dominick Argento's opera <span class=\"title\">Casanova's Homecoming</span>, music by Mike Reid and lyrics by Sarah Schlesinger, premiered at Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre, 2006). He also wrote the lyrics for <span class=\"title\">Magpie</span> (book by Steven M. Jacobson and music by Gary William Friedman, premiered at New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2006). Gallardo worked on several unproduced musicals, including <span class=\"title\">Star Wars</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Little Match-Girl</span>.</p> <p>In addition to theatrical plays, Gallardo wrote teleplays, film treatments, and screenplay drafts. His produced teleplays include \"Over a Barrel\" (1993) for the Children's Theater Workshop series <span class=\"title\">Ghostwriter</span>, and \"Sandy\" (1980-1981) for the WGBH Boston's series <span class=\"title\">The New Voice</span>.</p> <p>Gallardo died in New York City in 2019.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Edward Gallardo papers date from 1910 to 2020 (bulk dates 1970s-2000s) and recount his work as an actor, playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter. <span class=\"title\">Simpson Street</span>, <span class=\"title\">Women Without Men</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fantasma</span>, <span class=\"title\">Selena</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Petrified Prince</span> are the most thoroughly documented projects in the papers. Most of the collection consists of libretto, lyric, manuscript, script, and screenplay drafts from Gallardo's work as a writer. Other materials related to his writing include his notebooks, scrapbook albums, and audio and video recordings featuring interviews, song demos, performances, and rehearsals. The collection holds screenplay and script drafts, ephemera, and contracts from Gallardo's acting career. His personal calendars, ephemera, photographs, and website are also in the collection.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Edward Gallardo papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/186641#c1789032'>Series I: Writing</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1910-2019</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>19.01 linear feet (45 boxes, 3 tubes, 1 oversize folder). 1.5 gigabytes (3614 computer files)</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series I spans 1910 to 2019 and contains files generated from Gallardo's work as a playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter. The series illustrates his work on plays, musicals, teleplays, and screenplays as well as his working relationships with composers, lyricists, directors, and other writers.</p> <p>The series chronicles Gallardo's writing projects from their initial inception to their production and critical reception. Produced and unproduced play and musical project files constitute the bulk of the writing projects represented in this series. The series also details Gallardo's professional relationships with agents, composers, directors, actors, and producers through correspondence, resumes, and headshots. His notebooks offer insight into his writing process. Gallardo's scrapbooks document the publicity and reception of his productions.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/186641#c1789391'>Series II: Acting</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1976-2005</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>0.83 linear feet (2 boxes). 1000.0 kilobytes (5 computer files)</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series II dates from 1976 to 2005 and comprises files related to Gallardo's acting career. The files are composed of screenplay and script drafts from Gallardo's roles on television shows, motion pictures, and plays; publicity clippings; contracts; and ephemera. Most of the script drafts come from Gallardo's television work during the 1970s and 1980s.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/186641#c1789415'>Series III: Personal</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1940-2020</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1.46 linear feet (4 boxes). 198.9 megabytes (2802 computer files)</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series III dates from 1940 to 2020 and covers Gallardo's yearly calendars, correspondence, photographs, and website. His calendars contain notations for birthdays, medical appointments, and play opening and closing dates. Gallardo's personal correspondence includes greeting cards from friends and family. Photographs depict family and friends, domestic and international travels with Bruce Taub, pets, holidays, and portraits of Gallardo.</p> <p>Gallardo retained a file of political cartoon clippings from magazines and newspapers. Gallardo's personal website includes webpages of his resume, biographical information, some of his writing projects, pictures of his travels with Taub, and his pets.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/186641#c1789447'>Series IV: Audio and Video Recordings</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1979-2007</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>176 audio recordings. 14 moving image recordings</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series IV spans from 1979 to 2007 and is composed of interviews; demos; reading, rehearsal, and performance recordings from stage productions and unproduced projects; home movies; and television show footage.</p> <p>The bulk of the series contains readings, rehearsals, and performances of Gallardo's theatrical projects. Recordings from productions of <span class=\"title\">Carmen Libre</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fantasma</span>, <span class=\"title\">Magpie</span>, <span class=\"title\">Selena</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Simpson Street</span> are particularly well-represented in the series. Also present are several demo versions of the unproduced <span class=\"title\">Star Wars</span> musical.</p> <p>The other large portion of this series consists of song demos, musical albums, and theatrical readings that various composers sent to Gallardo (titled From Various Composers in the container list). These recordings are not associated with any of Gallardo's writing projects. Of note in these recordings is an early demo of Jason Robert Brown's <span class=\"title\">Songs For a New World</span> (then titled <span class=\"title\">The New World</span>).</p> <p>The series also contains Gallardo's personal home videos and footage from his work as a television actor.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Glenn Metsch-Ampel in 2024.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Amy Lau</span> in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
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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>"}
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1910
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1910
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2020
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1910
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2020
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1970
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2009