Sub-series 2 - Theatrical Productions

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{"value"=>"643163", "type"=>"local_mss"}

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{"value"=>"1937-1991", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1937/1991"}

{"value"=>"n.d", "type"=>"inclusive"}

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{"value"=>"Sub-series 2 - Theatrical Productions"}

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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"15 boxes"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The photographs are arranged by show and thereunder chronologically. The number after P in the finding aid for theatrical productions refers to a specific photograph as each photograph have been numbered individually. An image-by-image list is provided in the box itself at the beginning of each theatrical production. All performers appearing in the photographs for that particular show are noted in the finding aid, as well as any other person appearing in the photograph, most often Jerome Robbins himself if the photographs were taken during rehearsals. All identified photographers are mentioned in the finding aid and it is a thorough cross-section of dance and theatrical photographers active during this period.</p> <p>The theatrical photographs cover the period of time from his one-line walk on in a play called <span class=\"title\">The Brothers Ashkenazi</span>, 1937, for the Yiddish Art Theater (with a photograph that also includes Fiorello La Guardia and Albert Einstein) to his retrospective Broadway show, <span class=\"title\">Jerome Robbins’ Broadway</span>, 1989. The photographs feature predominantly his musical works, most significantly <span class=\"title\">The King and I</span>, 1951 and 1956 (play and motion picture), <span class=\"title\">West Side Story</span>, 1957 and 1961 (play and motion picture), and <span class=\"title\">Fiddler on the Roof</span>, 1964, but are also rich in his other works, such as the one opera Robbins directed, <span class=\"title\">The Tender Land</span>, 1954, and three straight plays, <span class=\"title\">Mother Courage and Her Children</span>, 1963, <span class=\"title\">Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad</span>, 1962, and <span class=\"title\">The Office</span>, 1965, closed in previews. Robbins’ work as a chorus dancer is represented by <span class=\"title\">Great Lady</span>, 1938, with some dances arranged by George Balanchine, and <span class=\"title\">Stars in Your Eyes</span>, 1939, featuring Ethel Merman and Jimmy Durante. Robbins’ early work as a Broadway choreographer is represented by rare out-of-town rehearsal photographs of widely varying quality in shows such as <span class=\"title\">Call Me Madam</span>, 1950, <span class=\"title\">High Button Shoes</span>, 1947, <span class=\"title\">Look Ma, I’m Dancin’</span>, 1948, <span class=\"title\">Miss Liberty</span>, 1949, and <span class=\"title\">Two’s Company</span>, 1952. Contact sheets represent a 1987 workshop production of Exception and the Rule. Jerome Robbins’ Broadway consists of a box of rehearsal shots arranged by which show within <span class=\"title\">Jerome Robbins’ Broadway</span> was being rehearsed, such as <span class=\"title\">On the Town</span> or <span class=\"title\">West Side Story</span>, and a box of more general rehearsal photographs, including a celebration of Jerome Robbins’ 70th birthday. <span class=\"title\">Bells are Ringing</span>, 1956, photographs were taken by Robbins himself and show candid backstage and rehearsal images of Judy Holliday, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. Photographs for <span class=\"title\">On the Town</span>, 1944, are notable for their absence as there is only a signed newspaper clipping of the creators in this series.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical</p>"}

date_start

1937

keydate

1937

date_end

1991

date_inclusive_start

1937

date_inclusive_end

1991

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1. Bells Are Ringing [2/1]
2. Billion Dollar Baby [1/1]
3. The Brothers Ashkenazi
4. Call Me Madam [1/1]
5. Concert Varieties
6. Exception and the Rule [1/1]
7. Fiddler on the Roof [7/1]
8. Great Lady [1/1]
9. Gypsy [2/1]
10. Heartaches of a Pussycat [1/1]
11. High Button Shoes [1/1]
12. Jerome Robbins' Broadway [18/1]
13. The King and I [1/1]
14. The King and I (Motion picture)
15. Look Ma, I'm Dancin' [1/1]
16. Miss Liberty [1/1]
17. Mother Courage and Her Children [1/1]
18. Musical Americana [1/1]
19. The Office [1/1]
20. Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad [1/1]
21. On the Town [1/1]
22. Pajama Game [1/1]
23. Peter Pan [2/1]
24. Stars in Your Eyes [1/1]
25. Tender Land [1/1]
26. Two's Company [1/1]
27. West Side Story [6/1]
28. West Side Story [1/1]
29. West Side Story [1/1]
30. Unidentified theatrical productions