{"value"=>"<p>Production files include both stage and film productions and contain scripts, correspondence, contracts, programs, casting information, investors' files, clippings, publicity and advertising files, financial records, and notes. Some light plots, stage set and costume design files may be found in Series VIII, Oversize Material. Mr. Brisson's early productions are not well documented, but include small files on <span class=\"title\">The Pajama Game</span> (1954), <span class=\"title\">Damn Yankees</span> (1955), <span class=\"title\">The Gazebo</span> (1958), <span class=\"title\">The Pleasure of His Company</span> (1958), and <span class=\"title\">Five Finger Exercise</span> (1959). These papers generally relate to financing of the productions and include letters to and lists of investors. <span class=\"title\">The Gazebo</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Pleasure of His Company</span> were co-produced by the Playwright's Company. Among the better documented productions are <span class=\"title\">Coco</span>, <span class=\"title\">Dance a Little Closer</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Flip Side</span>, <span class=\"title\">Mixed Couples</span>, and <span class=\"title\">So Long, 174th Street</span>. Of these, only <span class=\"title\">Coco</span> was successful.</p> <p>Brisson's pursuit of Coco Chanel's story began in the 1950s, but it would be almost fifteen years before the production reached Broadway in 1969. The files (1955-1979) document the years of negotiations with Chanel and her representatives, the delays as Alan Jay Lerner completed other projects, and the changes in composers and writers and proposed cast through the years. The files include correspondence with Alan Jay Lerner and Katharine Hepburn, and copies of letters from Cecil Beaton. The series also includes files that will not be available to the public until 2051. These are predominantly financial records that list social security numbers. In addition several letters are closed because of their subject matter.</p>"}