Series II: Production Files

Description data TOP

unitid

{"value"=>"151219", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1954-1999", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1954/1999"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Series II: Production Files"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"281 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"76.83 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"39 audio recordings", "unit"=>"audio recordings"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 moving image recordings", "unit"=>"moving image recordings"}]}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Series II contains materials pertaining to theatrical productions directed and/or produced by Harold Prince from the 1950s-1980s, and covers all aspects of production, including creative, technical and financial. Additionally, the series includes files of shows for which he acted as an official or unofficial advisor, and files for proposed works which never came to fruition. Some of these unrealized projects include work by Prince's most frequent collaborators, such as Stephen Sondheim, Bock and Harnick, and Kander and Ebb. This series also contains materials related to some of Prince's film projects including <span class=\"title\">A Little Night Music</span> and <span class=\"title\">Something for Everyone</span>.</p> <p>The production files typically detail the business aspect of productions, rather than the artistic aspects. Some files deal with the creative process of directing and producing a musical. Materials include scripts, scrapbooks of correspondence, programs and publicity materials, photographs, stage manager's calendars, cue logs, set and costume designs, financial records, bills, payrolls and royalty statements, production and casting notes, headshots and resumes, business correspondence, contracts and legal negotiations with the Actors' and Musicians' unions, and publicity materials including clippings, reviews, and press releases.</p> <p>Series II also includes audio/visual materials, including sound recording of demos, backers' auditions, rehearsals, live performances (some of foreign productions) and advertising spots. Shows that have sound recordings include <span class=\"title\">Ashmendai</span>, <span class=\"title\">Diamonds</span>, <span class=\"title\">A Doll's Life</span>, <span class=\"title\">Evita</span>, <span class=\"title\">Grind</span>, <span class=\"title\">A Little Night Music</span>, <span class=\"title\">Roza</span>, <span class=\"title\">Side by Side by Sondheim</span> and <span class=\"title\">Sweeney Todd</span>.</p> <p>Also included are film reels of publicity spots from the film version of <span class=\"title\">A Little Night Music</span>.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Series II is arranged alphabetically.</p>"}

accessrestrict

{"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>"}

date_start

1954

keydate

1954

date_end

1999

date_inclusive_start

1954

date_inclusive_end

1999

extent_statement

76.83 linear feet (281 boxes). 39 audio recordings. 4 moving image recordings

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1. A for Adult
2. Always Go First Class (Women and Children Last)
3. Angela Press Release
4. Arsenic and Old Lace [2/1]
5. Ashmendai [2/1]
6. Baker Street [8/1]
7. The Beggar's Opera
8. Billy Liar
9. Broadway in the Streets
10. Bully
11. Cabaret [19/2]
12. La Cage Aux Folles
13. A Call on Kuprin -- Contracts
14. Candide [119/2]
15. Carte Blanche
16. Comfort Me with Apples Script
17. Company [20/2]
18. Damn Yankees [22/1]
19. The Dark
20. Day in the Life of Henry II
21. Dead Man Blues Script
22. Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr. Kooning
23. Death of a Salesman Instrumental Soundtrack
24. Deathtrap
25. Diamonds [12/1]
26. Divirce Italian Style
27. A Doll's Life [64/1]
28. Eleanor Roosevelt
29. The End of the World [48/1]
30. Evita [5/3]
31. A Family Affair
32. Fiddler on the Roof [79/2]
33. Fiorello [34/1]
34. Flora the Red Menace [41/1]
35. Follies [16/1]
36. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [57/2]
37. Girl in a Freudian Slip
38. Girl of the Golden West/La Fanciulla del West [6/1]
39. Godbye Ava
40. Goodbye I Guess
41. The Great God Brown
42. The Grandchild of Kings Scrapbook
43. Grind [15/1]
44. Happily Ever After Scripts
45. How to Be a Jewish Mother
46. The Ice Break
47. It's a Bird!... It's a Plane!... It's Superman! [49/1]
48. Journey Script
49. Kiss of the Spider Woman Scrapbooks
50. Life on the Mississippi
51. A Little Night Music [2/3]
52. Love for Love Script
53. Madama Butterfly [4/1]
54. Man on a Tiger Script
55. The Matchmaker
56. Merrily We Roll Along [57/2]
57. The Merry Widow Script
58. Music Is [5/1]
59. New Girl in Town [10/1]
60. Nighttime Naughties
61. On the Twentieth Century [12/1]
62. One World at a Time
63. Pacific Overtures [22/2]
64. The Pajama Game [25/1]
65. Parade Scrapbooks
66. The Petrified Prince Scrapbook
67. The Phantom of the Opera Scrapbooks
68. The Phonograph Script
69. Play Memory [66/1]
70. Poor Bitos [33/1]
71. The Private Life of Henry VIII
72. Rex [4/1]
73. Roza [2/1]
74. Rubbers Script
75. Seesaw Radio Spot
76. The Selling of the President Royalties
77. She Didn't Say Yes [2/1]
78. She Loves Me [41/1]
79. Show Boat Scrapbooks
80. Side by Side by Sondheim [70/2]
81. The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
82. Silverlake [4/1]
83. Smiles Correspondence
84. A Soft Touch Script
85. Solid Gold Cadillac Correspondence
86. Some of My Best Friends Clippings
87. Something for Everyone (film) [3/1]
88. A Streetcar Named Desire
89. Sunset Boulevard
90. Sweeney Todd [14/2]
91. A Swim in the Sea Contracts
92. Take Her She's Mine [35/1]
93. Tenderloin [30/1]
94. They Might Be Giants Royalties
95. Trafalgar
96. Tourandot
97. Unsung Cole
98. West Side Story [35/2]
99. Whistle Down the Wind -- London Production
100. Willie Stark [5/1]
101. Yanks 3 Detroit 0 Top of the Seventh, Script
102. You Be the Mother Script
103. Zorba [24/1]
104. Various and unidentified productions
105. Various operas -- Scrapbook