- unitid
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{"value"=>"188066", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*T-Vim 2024-010", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b23758999", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1920-1999", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1999"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Scott Rudin and John Barlow collection of theatrical designs, correspondence, and other material"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"53 oversize folders, 14 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.97 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Scott Rudin and John Barlow collection of theatrical designs, correspondence, and other materials is dated from 1920 to 1999. Art, photographs, playbills, programs, and sheet music round out the collection. The materials represent a snapshot of theatrical productions and players in the twentieth century."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Rudin, Scott, 1958-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Scott Rudin (1958) is an American film, television, and theatre producer who was active from 1978 to 2021. Rudin and his husband, Broadway theatre publicist John Barlow, amassed a collection of historical theatre materials throughout their careers.</p> <p>Rudin's films include <span class=\"title\">The Addams Family</span>, <span class=\"title\">Clueless</span>, <span class=\"title\">School of Rock</span>, and <span class=\"title\">No Country for Old Men</span>. On Broadway, he produced <span class=\"title\">A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fences</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Book of Mormon</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Death of a Salesman</span>. He won seventeen Tony Awards for his shows, and is one of twenty-one people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.</p> <p>John Barlow was a founding member of Barlow-Hartman Public Relations, which was incorporated on June 14, 1999. During their decade in business, the firm represented over 100 productions, including <span class=\"title\">Legally Blonde</span>, the 2009 revival of <span class=\"title\">Guys and Dolls</span>, <span class=\"title\">Little Shop of Horrors</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Color Purple</span>.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Scott Rudin and John Barlow collection is dated from 1920 to 1999, and contains set and costume designs, artwork, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, sheet music, and prints related to theater. The collection is unconnected with Rudin and Barlow's work from their own careers. Costume designs, illustrations, and set designs by Boris Aronson, Sheldon Harnick, Al Hirschfeld, Florence Klotz, and Jo Mielziner are all present. Productions represented include <span class=\"title\">Cabaret</span>, <span class=\"title\">Gregory</span>, <span class=\"title\">A Little Night Music</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Love Life</span>. <span class=\"title\">Fiddler on the Roof</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Nutcracker</span> scenic designs by Boris Aronson are particularly well represented.</p> <p>The correspondence reveals professional and personal insights from playwrights, composers and librettists including Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein, Moss Hart, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee, Clifford Odets, Richard Rodgers, Robert Sherwood, George Bernard Shaw, and Thornton Wilder. Harold Freedman, head of the theater department of the Brand & Brandt literary agency, is a recipient of many of the letters.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically by format. Correspondence is further arranged by date.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gifted by Scott Rudin and John Barlow in 2024.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Em Longan</span> in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1920
- keydate
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1920
- date_end
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1999
- date_inclusive_start
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1920
- date_inclusive_end
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1999
- extent_statement
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2.97 linear feet (53 oversize folders, 14 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Scott Rudin and John Barlow collection of theatrical designs, correspondence, and other material, *T-Vim 2024-010. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}