Nada ephemera

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unitid

{"value"=>"MWEZ 30513", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21687", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Nada ephemera"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1993-2000", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1993/2000"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".25 lf (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1993

date_inclusive_end

2000

origination

{"value"=>"Nada (New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Nada, founded as Theater Club Funambules and later known as Todo con Nada, was a Manhattan theater company that staged experimental work for twelve years until it closed in 2000. Aaron Beall, Tim Carryer and Babs Bailey began Theater Club Funambules in 1988 in a small space on Ludlow Street in New York's East Village. After Carryer and Bailey departed in 1991, Beall changed the names of the company and its theater to Nada. Other venues operated by the company included two midtown spaces, Nada 45 on 45th Street, and Nada Show World in a former strip club near the Port Authority bus terminal. The Nada company was known for festivals of works by such playwrights as Richard Foreman and Charles Ludlam, and for festivals that consisted entirely of unconventional adaptations of HAMLET and FAUST. Veterans of Nada include playwright Kirk Wood Bromley. The company was evicted from its Ludlow Street space in November 2000 for nonpayment of back rent.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Nada ephemera consists of clippings, fliers, postcards, and other documents pertaining to the theatrical company Nada, also known as Theater Club Funambules and Todo con Nada. The clippings include reviews of individual productions as well as general feature stories about the Nada company, its history, and its artistic director Aaron Beall. Nada was a co-sponsor of the First Annual New York International Fringe Festival in 1997, and a program for that festival is included.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"materials"=>"papers", "source"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Collection", "extent"=>"1 o", "value"=>"papers: "}

keydate

1993

prefercite

{"value"=>"Nada ephemera, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Nada, founded as Theater Club Funambules and later known as Todo con Nada, was a Manhattan theater company that staged experimental work for twelve years until it closed in 2000. Aaron Beall, Tim Carryer and Babs Bailey began Theater Club Funambules in 1988 in a small space on Ludlow Street in New York's East Village. After Carryer and Bailey departed in 1991, Beall changed the names of the company and its theater to Nada. Other venues operated by the company included two midtown spaces, Nada 45 on 45th Street, and Nada Show World in a former strip club near the Port Authority bus terminal. The Nada company was known for festivals of works by such playwrights as Richard Foreman and Charles Ludlam, and for festivals that consisted entirely of unconventional adaptations of HAMLET and FAUST. Veterans of Nada include playwright Kirk Wood Bromley. The company was evicted from its Ludlow Street space in November 2000 for nonpayment of back rent. The Nada ephemera consists of clippings, fliers, postcards, and other documents pertaining to the theatrical company Nada, also known as Theater Club Funambules and Todo con Nada. The clippings include reviews of individual productions as well as general feature stories about the Nada company, its history, and its artistic director Aaron Beall. Nada was a co-sponsor of the First Annual New York International Fringe Festival in 1997, and a program for that festival is included.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.25 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1993

date_end

2000

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