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Black nativity files
- Title
- Black nativity files, 1961-1980
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | Ovz. Fol. 1 | Mixed material | By appointment only | *T-Mss 2003-009 Ovz. Fol. 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2003-009 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2003-009 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2003-009 Box 3 | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- 3.5 lin. ft. (3 boxes and 1 oversized folder)
- Summary
- The BLACK NATIVITY files contain correspondence and memos on the production; various drafts of the script; a production handbook and a few lists of cues, costumes, songs, etc.; publicity including press releases, flyers, posters, pressbooks and production history; programs; photographs and clippings. The show, presented in many different countries, is documented by photographs, programs and reviews. Of interest are carbon copies of letters by Langston Hughes with his handwritten signature and notes added on, regarding efforts to produce BLACK NATIVITY around the world.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Scripts.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography (note)
- BLACK NATIVITY, a gospel song-play based on a script by Langston Hughes originally titled, WASN'T THAT A MIGHTY DAY, with music arranged by the show's stars, Marion Williams and Alex Bradford, was produced by Michael Santangelo and Barbara Griner. The show used two gospel singing groups: The Stars of Faith and the Bradford Singers and also starred Princess Stewart. It was directed by Vinnete Carroll and opened for a limited run on Broadway at the 41st St. Theatre in December 1961 to critical and popular acclaim. The production was invited to make its European debut at the Spoleto Festival in Italy. After Spoleto, BLACK NATIVITY opened in London where it was taped for a television special by the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. BLACK NATIVITY continued to tour in Europe, the United States and Australia through 1964, with an interruption for a Christmas week run at Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center in 1962.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 2003-009
- OCLC
- NYPG05-A10136
- Title
- Black nativity files, 1961-1980
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- BLACK NATIVITY, a gospel song-play based on a script by Langston Hughes originally titled, WASN'T THAT A MIGHTY DAY, with music arranged by the show's stars, Marion Williams and Alex Bradford, was produced by Michael Santangelo and Barbara Griner. The show used two gospel singing groups: The Stars of Faith and the Bradford Singers and also starred Princess Stewart. It was directed by Vinnete Carroll and opened for a limited run on Broadway at the 41st St. Theatre in December 1961 to critical and popular acclaim. The production was invited to make its European debut at the Spoleto Festival in Italy. After Spoleto, BLACK NATIVITY opened in London where it was taped for a television special by the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. BLACK NATIVITY continued to tour in Europe, the United States and Australia through 1964, with an interruption for a Christmas week run at Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center in 1962.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 2003-009