Found 22 collections related to Photographs

Elizabeth Swados (1951-2016) was a theater composer, musician, director, writer, poet, and illustrator. The Elizabeth Swados papers, Additions (1950-2015) document her career and works through scripts, scores, contracts, photographs, publicity materials, posters, artwork, and audio and moving image recordings. less

The Foundry Theatre, an Off-off-Broadway theater, was established in 1994 by Melanie Joseph and ceased operation in 2019. The collection, dating from the years 1990 to 2019, documents all major Foundry productions and events and provides a comprehensive portrait of the creative, financial, and logistical history of an experimental theater company. less

Carol Channing (1921-2019) was an American actress, singer, and comedian best known for her leading roles in the Broadway musicals Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Hello, Dolly! The Carol Channing papers, dating from the 1910s to 2010 (bulk dates 1940s-2010), trace her career as an entertainer through project files, correspondence, photographs, press clippings, publicity materials, scripts, drafts for her memoir, notated music and lyrics, and audio and moving image recordings. less

Barnard Hughes (1915-2006) and Helen Stenborg (1925-2011) were prolific stage and screen actors. Hughes was best known for his award-winning turn as the titular character in Da, and Stenborg performed extensively with the Circle Repertory Company. Their papers date from the 1880s to 2011, and chronicle their professional careers and personal collecting interests through posters, programs, photographs, correspondence, engravings, scripts, manuscripts, and award trophies. The collection also contains theater memorabilia that Hughes inherited from Thelma Chandler, a stage manager. The Chandler memorabilia includes correspondence from Margaret Webster, the American director, producer, and actress. less

Martin "Marty" Pakledinaz (1953-2012) was an American costume designer known for his work in Broadway and Off-Broadway theater, opera, and dance. His designs, dated 1981 to 2011, contain costume bibles and production files for over thirty-five productions. Focusing primarily on his work in New York City, the collection showcases the evolution of Pakledinaz's creative process and style throughout his career. less

John Simon (1925-2019) was an American theater, film, literary, and music critic. The John Simon papers document his life and career through drafts of his criticism, dating from the 1960s to 2016, as well as correspondence and clippings regarding responses to his work from the press, the public, colleagues, and individuals whose work he was reviewing. The collection also contains audio and video recording of Simon's media appearances and lectures, and material related to Simon's education, personal life, and family. less

Larry Kert (1930-1991), an American actor, singer, and dancer, who was known for originating the role of Tony in Broadway's West Side Story (1957) and replacing Dean Jones as Robert in the original Broadway cast of Company (1970). The Larry Kert papers, dating from 1930 to 2016, chronicle his work primarily in musical theater productions and cabaret acts through sheet music, scripts, audio and moving image recordings, photographs, printed matter, and associated files. The collection also holds a small amount of sheet music, scripts, and photographs from American choreographer, dancer, and director Tony Stevens (1948-2011), and correspondence, ephemera, and photographs compiled by Kert's life partner Ron Pullen (1955-2023). less

The Hugh Fordin collection, dated 1908 to 2005, documents the career of writer and record producer Hugh Fordin (1935-2019). The collection primarily chronicles his research for Getting to Know Him: A Biography of Oscar Hammerstein II(1977) and The World of Entertainment! Hollywood's Greatest Musicals (1975). less

The Broadway Bound production materials, dating from 1994 to 2005, chronicle the process of creating musicals performed by Broadway Bound, Inc. on Queen Elizabeth 2, a luxury ocean liner that sailed between Southampton, England and New York City. The collection holds administrative files, correspondence, costume and set designs, photographs, playbills, a poster, scripts, scores, and audio and video recordings. less

The New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, was a fringe theater festival that was held between 1997 and 2019 in New York City, and was one of the largest fringe festivals in North America. The New York International Fringe records document the submission process of productions that were eventually staged at the festival, as well as select administrative materials. This collection is dedicated primarily to the application materials of shows that were accepted to the festival, consisting of jury evaluations, participant agreements, press releases, marketing materials, programs, correspondence, photographs, slides, scores, scripts, blurbs, bios, resumes, audiovisual materials, and tech survey forms, sometimes with diagrams attached. less

Robin Wagner (1933-2023) was a Tony Award–winning American set designer, known for his work in Broadway theatre, opera, and ballet. The collection, dated from 1968 to 2016, illustrates Wagner's artistic range via research files, sketches, paint elevations, design drawings, set model photographs, scene-to-scene schematics, and correspondence. less

Richard Easton (1933-2019) was a Canadian stage, television, and film actor, who appeared in twenty-four Broadway productions and numerous plays in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His papers, dating from 1938 to 2015, focus on his theatrical career and close relationships with theatrical luminaries through scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, clippings, programs, contracts, posters, flyers, collages, and some moving image recordings and awards and accolades. less

The Builders Association is a New York City-based multimedia theater company founded in 1994 by Marianne Weems. The company creates original productions that examine contemporary human life. The Builders Association records, dating from 1983 to 2014, consist of production files from the company's works; administrative and financial materials; recordings of performances and rehearsals; audio and video components used for sound and video design; and production files from projects in which Weems was involved outside of the Builders Association. less

Walt Witcover (1924-2013) was a director and acting teacher who worked primarily in New York City. He founded the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre (MLT) company in 1969 after staging a modern revival of La Traviata (Act I) with the Actors Studio in 1968. The collection, dated from 1926 to 2011, illustrates Witcover's fifty-year theatre career via correspondence, scripts, director's notes, class outlines, published and unpublished writings, and photography. less

Joseph Stein (1912-2010) was an American playwright and librettist, best known for his book for the musical Fiddler on the Roof. The Joseph Stein papers (1943-2017) document Stein's professional life with scripts, production materials, and business correspondence. Stein's musicals The Baker's Wife, Fiddler on the Roof, and Rags are extensively represented in this collection. less