{"value"=>"<p>The productions series contains files relating to specific productions or in-development projects (properties). They consist of audition notes, budgets, cast lists, contact sheets, contracts, correspondence, costume sketches, financial materials, photographs (both production and candid), playbills, programs, production notes, public relations materials, research materials, scripts, and scores. Of note in this series are rare production shots of Robert Preston in the flop <span class=\"title\">We Take the Town</span> and a series of letters from poet Archibald MacLeish who wrote <span class=\"title\">Scratch</span>. Also unique in this series are scripts marked with the stage manager's cues for the final production, drafts of shows in development, and often detailed audition notes - a record of the many complicated steps in the production process.</p> <p>This series holds sound and video recordings, such as live audio recordings of shows Ostrow produced including an early reading of <span class=\"title\">1776</span>, Anthony Hopkins in the London production of <span class=\"title\">M. Butterfly</span>, an audio recording of <span class=\"title\">American Passion</span> (1983), and <span class=\"title\">La Bête</span> (1991). There are also unreleased demo recordings of <span class=\"title\">1776</span>, <span class=\"title\">Doll</span>, as well as a recording of Stephen Sondheim singing Act I songs from <span class=\"title\">The Girls Upstairs</span>, which later became <span class=\"title\">Follies</span>.</p> <p>Videos consist of tapes of lectures Ostrow gave at various venues, a recording of the 1995 <span class=\"title\">Doll</span> reading, and the press reels for <span class=\"title\">M. Butterfly</span>.</p>"}