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{"value"=>"1958-2002", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1958/2002"}
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{"value"=>"Johnson-Liff Associates records"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span>"}
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{"value"=>"Johnson-Liff Associates was a casting agency, founded by Geoffrey Johnson and Vincent Liff in 1975, and dissolved in 2002. This collection contains office records, such as audition notes, casting ideas, headshots, resumes and submissions relating to films, television programs and theatrical productions cast by Johnson-Liff Associates."}
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{"value"=>"Johnson-Liff Associates", "type"=>"corpname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Johnson-Liff Associates was a casting agency established in 1975 by casting director and former stage manager Geoffrey Johnson and Vincent Liff. From its inception, Johnson-Liff was employed by high profile Broadway productions, such as hit musicals like <span class=\"title\">The Wiz</span> (1975), <span class=\"title\">Ain't Misbehavin'</span> (1978) and <span class=\"title\">Dreamgirls</span> (1981) as well as prestigious plays, including Tom Stoppard's <span class=\"title\">Night and Day</span> (1979) and Peter Schaffer's <span class=\"title\">Amadeus</span> (1980).</p> <p>During the 1980s and 1990s, Johnson-Liff dominated the New York theater casting scene by casting many of the imported hit British mega-musicals which dominated Broadway in that era, such as <span class=\"title\">Cats</span>, (1982), <span class=\"title\">Song and Dance</span> (1985), <span class=\"title\">Me and My Girl</span> (1986,) <span class=\"title\">Les Miserables</span> and <span class=\"title\">Starlight Express</span> in (1987), <span class=\"title\">The Phantom of the Opera</span> (1988), <span class=\"title\">Aspects of Love</span> (1990), <span class=\"title\">Miss Saigon</span> (1991) and <span class=\"title\">Sunset Boulevard</span> (1994).</p> <p>Johnson-Liff Associates also cast new American Musicals, such as <span class=\"title\">The Robber Bridegroom</span> (1976), <span class=\"title\">The 1940's Radio Hour</span> (1979), <span class=\"title\">Baby</span> (1983), <span class=\"title\">The Rink</span> (1984), <span class=\"title\">Wind in the Willows</span> (1985), <span class=\"title\">Raggedy Ann</span> (1986), <span class=\"title\">City of Angels</span> (1989), <span class=\"title\">Kiss of the Spider Woman</span>(1993), <span class=\"title\">Victor / Victoria</span> (1995), <span class=\"title\">Big</span> (1996), <span class=\"title\">Steel Pier</span> and <span class=\"title\">Side Show</span> (1997), <span class=\"title\">Swing!</span> (1999), <span class=\"title\">Contact</span> and <span class=\"title\">Jane Eyre</span> (2000) and <span class=\"title\">The Producers</span> (2001) as well as musical revivals such as <span class=\"title\">The Most Happy Fella</span> (1979), <span class=\"title\">Oliver!</span> (1984), <span class=\"title\">3 Penny Opera</span> (1989), <span class=\"title\">Guys and Dolls</span> (1992), <span class=\"title\">Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</span> (1993), <span class=\"title\">A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</span> (1996), <span class=\"title\">Kiss Me, Kate</span> (1999), <span class=\"title\">Jesus Christ Superstar</span> (2000) and <span class=\"title\">Flower Drum Song</span> and <span class=\"title\">Oklahoma!</span> (2002).</p> <p>Plays cast by Johnson-Liff include original plays such as <span class=\"title\">Poor Murderer</span> (1976), <span class=\"title\">The Elephant Man</span> (1979), <span class=\"title\">Division Street</span> (1980), <span class=\"title\">Frankenstein</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Dresser</span> (1981), <span class=\"title\">Total Abandon</span> (1983), <span class=\"title\">Execution of Justice</span> (1986), <span class=\"title\">Les Liaisons Dangereuses</span> (1987), <span class=\"title\">Lend Me a Tenor</span> (1989), <span class=\"title\">Lettice and Lovage</span> (1990), <span class=\"title\">Indiscretions</span> (1995) <span class=\"title\">Moon Over Buffalo</span> (1995), <span class=\"title\">Waiting in the Wings</span> (1999) and <span class=\"title\">The Smell of the Kill</span> (2002) and revivals such as <span class=\"title\">Mornings at Seven</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Philadelphia Story</span> (1980), <span class=\"title\">Macbeth</span> (1981), <span class=\"title\">Cyrano de Bergerac</span> and <span class=\"title\">Much Ado About Nothing</span> (1984), <span class=\"title\">Loot</span> (1986), <span class=\"title\">The Merchant of Venice</span> and <span class=\"title\">Orpheus Descending</span> (1989) and <span class=\"title\">Private Lives</span> (1992).</p> <p>In addition to its work in theater, Johnson-Liff worked simultaneously in the mediums of film and television. Their small screen credits include television movies such as, <span class=\"title\">The Last Tenant</span> (1978), <span class=\"title\">Hollow Image</span>, <span class=\"title\">My Old Man</span> and <span class=\"title\">You Can't Go Home Again</span> (1979), <span class=\"title\">Death Penalty</span> (1980), <span class=\"title\">Pals</span> (1981), <span class=\"title\">Little Gloria...Happy at Last</span> (1982) <span class=\"title\">Threesome</span> (1984), <span class=\"title\">Picking Up the Pieces</span> (1985) <span class=\"title\">Intimate Strangers</span> (1986) and <span class=\"title\">The Image</span> (1990) and television series', including <span class=\"title\">Ball 4</span> (1976), <span class=\"title\">The Andros Targets</span>, <span class=\"title\">Edward and Mrs. Simpson</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Holocaust</span> (1977), <span class=\"title\">Co-ed Fever</span> (1979), <span class=\"title\">Another World</span>, from 1983-1995, <span class=\"title\">It's Not So Easy</span> (1983), <span class=\"title\">Full House</span> and <span class=\"title\">Kate and Allie</span> (1984), <span class=\"title\">All Is Forgiven</span> (1986), <span class=\"title\">Piece of Cake</span> (1988) and <span class=\"title\">Soul Man</span> (1997). The agency also cast such films as <span class=\"title\">Somebody Killed Her Husband</span> (1978), <span class=\"title\">Wired</span> (1989), <span class=\"title\">The Inner Circle</span> (1991) and <span class=\"title\">Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</span> (1999).</p> <p>The company was dissolved in 2002. Vincent Liff died on February 25, 2003.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p> This collection contains office files on the commercials, cruise ship shows, films, industrials, television programs and series, such as <span class=\"title\">The Andros Targets</span> (1977), <span class=\"title\">Edward and Mrs. Simpson</span> (1977) and <span class=\"title\">Full House</span> (1984) and theatrical productions, including <span class=\"title\">Amadeus</span> (1980), <span class=\"title\">Dreamgirls</span> (1981) and <span class=\"title\">The Phantom of the Opera</span> (1988) cast by Johnson-Liff Associates. This collection includes materials such as agreements, audition notes, casting notices, casting calls and character breakdowns, clippings, contact sheets, contracts, correspondence, flyers, headshots and resumes, programs, schedules, script excerpts, sheet music and submissions. This collection includes background materials from as early as 1958 and materials as late as 2004, but the bulk of the collection is from 1974-2002.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Johnson-Liff Associates records are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21810#c489685'>Series I: Film and Television</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1974-1999</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>24 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Arrangement: Alphabetical <p>This series contains office files such as agreements, audition notes, casting notices, casting calls and character breakdowns, clippings, contact sheets, contracts, correspondence, headshots and resumes, schedules and submissions for films and television programs cast by Johnson-Liff Associates. This series also includes casting materials on commercials and industrials. The majority of the materials in this collection pertain to television programs.</p></p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21810#c490483'>Series II: Theater</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1958-2002</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>47 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Arrangement: Alphabetical <p>This series contains office files such as agreements, audition notes, casting notices, casting calls and character breakdowns, clippings, contact sheets, contracts, correspondence, headshots and resumes, schedules and submissions for theatrical productions cast by Johnson-Liff Associates. This series also includes casting materials on cruise ship shows.</p></p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Johnson-Liff Associates Records were donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division in 2003 by Geoffrey Johnson.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Diana Bertolini; Machine-readable finding aid created by Diana Bertolini.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
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1958
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1958
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2002
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1958
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2002
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30 linear feet (71 boxes)
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{"value"=>"Johnson-Liff Associates records, *T-Mss 2003-011. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}