Found 18 collections related to Theater -- Production and direction

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American Place Theatre (Organization)
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2002-025
124.55 linear feet (305 boxes)
The American Place Theatre is a not-for-profit theater founded in 1963 in New York City to aid in the advancement of learning in all aspects of the dramatic arts, including the development and advancement in writing, direction, and production of... more
Jeffrey Richards Associates
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1995-011
11.76 linear feet (28 boxes)
Jeffrey Richards Associates is a New York City-based theatrical press agency and production office founded in 1977 by press agent and producer Jeffrey Richards. The records contain press materials for the Broadway and Off-Broadway shows that the... more
WPA Theater
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2020-004
15.27 linear feet (32 boxes, 6 tubes, 3 oversize folders)
The Workshop of the Players Arts Foundation, Inc. (WPA) Theatre was an Off Off-Broadway theater that existed from 1971 to 2000. Kyle Renick served first as its Managing Director then, starting in 1982, as its Artistic Director. This collection... more
Acting Company (Theatrical group)
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2018-011
49.87 linear feet (63 boxes, 144 volumes)
The Acting Company is a New York City-based repertory theater company founded by John Houseman and Margot Harley in 1972. The Acting Company records, dating from 1968 to 2017, offer extensive documentation of the Company's history. They contain... more
Naked Angels (Theater company)
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2017-030
7.01 linear feet (18 boxes, 1 oversize folder); 17.8 gigabytes (3,928 computer files)
Naked Angels is a New York City based company of actors, producers, playwrights, and designers who create and perform works primarily for theater. The collection provides a record of the company's performance activities from 1987 to 2012 through... more
Feder, Abe H.
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Vim 2017-047
30.93 linear feet (80 containers)
Abe Feder (1909-1997) was an American lighting designer for theater, interior spaces, urban environments, and architecture. The Springer Opera House collection of Abe Feder lighting designs date from 1932 to 2004 and focus on the theatrical... more
HB Playwrights Foundation and Theatre
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2010-106
42.91 linear feet (108 boxes)
This collection contains the records of HB Playwrights Foundation and the personal and professional papers of its founders, actors Herbert Berghof and Uta Hagen. The Foundation was formed in New York City in 1964 to allow a space for playwrights,... more
HB Studio
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2010-105
8.27 linear feet (22 boxes, 2 other items)
This collection contains the records of HB Studio, an acting school founded by actor Herbert Berghof in New York City in 1945, and the personal and professional papers of Berghof and his wife, actress Uta Hagen. Material includes correspondence,... more
Moore, Tom, 1943-
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1996-035
The papers of Tom Moore, stage, television and film director, document his career through scripts, notes, programs, clippings, correspondence, opening night messages, school papers, designs and floor plans.
Shelp, Woodrow Lee, 1927-2004
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Vim 2005-009
4.72 linear feet (11 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Woodrow "Woody" Lee Shelp (1927-2004) was a milliner for theater, film, and television. The Woody Shelp millinery files date from 1973 to 2002 and contain designs and accompanying materials such as notes, fabric swatches, patterns, and photographs.
Chapin, Theodore S.
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2015-001
5.3 linear feet (13 boxes); 80.32 Megabytes (1 computer file)
Ted Chapin (1950-) is an American arts administrator, director and musical director, who has been at the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization since 1981, serving as president and executive director since 1983. In 1971 he was a production assistant... more
Heeley, Desmond
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Vim 2016-022
5.81 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 oversized folder, 12 tubes)
Desmond Heeley (1931-2016) was a British-born costume and set designer for theater, ballet, and opera who worked internationally. Through original sketches, prints, production bibles, reference files, photographs, and correspondence, the Desmond... more
Music-Theatre Group
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2016-008
32.45 linear feet (74 boxes, 14 oversized folders, 3 tubes); 22.53 mb (2597 computer files)
The Music-Theatre Group (MTG) is a New York City-based organization that produces experimental and interdisciplinary musical theater and opera. MTG's records date from 1972 to 2011 and document the development, staging, promotion, and reception of... more
Wulp, John
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Vim 2016-013
4.19 linear feet (10 boxes, 2 oversized folders, 1 tube)
John Wulp (1928-) is an American set designer, theater producer, director, playwright, photographer, and teacher. His designs and photographs date from 1946 to 2005, and document his eclectic theater career.
Raspberry, Joseph
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 913
0.42 linear feet (1 box)
Joseph Raspberry was born on December 14, 1901, in Green County, Alabama. Both Joseph Raspberry and his son, Beldon Raspberry, were pastors for the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Joseph served as pastor in various Michigan and Canadian... more
Jeannette, Gertrude, 1914-
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 965
5.96 linear feet (17 boxes)
Gertrude Hadley Jeannette was an actor, playwright, director, and producer. Additionally, she is believed to be the first woman to get a taxi license and drive a cab in New York City. Her papers consist of personal material, correspondence,... more
Ostrow, Stuart, 1932-
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2010-001
24.33 linear feet (62 boxes, 1 volume); 21.29 megabytes (2272 computer files)
Stuart Ostrow-theatre producer, director, author and teacher-was a driving force behind many successful Broadway productions from the 1960s through the 1990s. The Stuart Ostrow papers contain material that chiefly documents Ostrow's professional... more
Fisher, Jules
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1979-002
46.57 linear feet (97 boxes, 21 tubes). 5.28 gigabytes (1013 computer files)
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer are American lighting designers, working primarily on the Broadway stage. The Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer papers and designs date from 1960 to 2005 and contain the work of Fisher and Eisenhauer both... more
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