Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Helen Gallagher [sound recording].

Author

Gallagher, Helen, 1926-

Publication

2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gennaro, Liza.

Description

4 sound discs (ca. 183 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

• Disc 1 (ca. 47 min.), 03/22/06. Helen Gallagher speaks about her first experiences studying dance and performing; the numerous shows she was soon cast in and the people she met who would be helpful later in her career including Jerome Robbins; the challenges of working with Agnes De Mille; working on Billion dollar baby, High button shoes, and Brigadoon; more on her relationship with De Mille (also in comparison to Robbins); more on High button shoes; earlier shows she was in including Seven lively arts; working with Jack Cole; working on Touch and go with Helen Tamiris.
• Disc 2 (ca. 44 min.), 03/22/06. Helen Gallagher speaks about the creative process of various choreographers including Robbins; working with Bob [Robert] Alton, Jules Styne, and George Abbott; the working habits of dancers during this period; the show Portofino and the reasons it did not succeed.
• Disc 3 (ca. 47 min.), 04/03/06. Helen Gallagher speaks about studying with Viola Cruse and others; training in both movement and voice; her admiration for Virginia Bosler; the difficult period in Gallagher's career after the failure of Portofino; auditioning for Sweet Charity; playing the part of Nikkie as well as understudying Gwen Verdon's part as Charity and her experience stepping in for this part; Verdon's talent; Gallagher's working relationship with Bob Fosse (also in comparision to Robbins). Gallagher compares choreographers' work expectations, including those of Gower Champion; speaks more on Fosse; speaks briefly on Thelma Oliver.
• Disc 4 (ca. 45 min.), 04/03/06. Helen Gallagher speaks about performing in Mame; her experience in Cry for us all and working with Albert Marre; No, no Nanette; her move from large to small scale shows on Broadway; The Gershwin years; performing in clubs; landing a role in the television soap opera Ryan's hope; her experience on the show and continuing her theatre career throughout the sixteen years she was a part of it; her teaching; various choreographers' and directors' working styles, particularly Robbins'; recent work and the current creative environment in New York and California.

Donor/Sponsor

• New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007.
• National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.

Alternative Title

• Dance Oral History Project.
• Dance Audio Archive.

Subjects

• Ryan's hope (Television program)
• De Mille, Agnes
• Cole, Jack, 1911-1974
• Robbins, Jerome
• Gallagher, Helen, 1926-
• Abbott, George, 1887-1995
• Bosler, Virginia
• Alton, Robert, 1897-1957
• Styne, Jule, 1905-1994
• Verdon, Gwen
• Marre, Albert
• Audiotapes > Gallagher, H
• Champion, Gower, 1919-1980

Note

• Interview with Helen Gallagher conducted by Liza Gennaro at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in New York City, on March 22 and Apr. 3, 2006.

Access (note)

• Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2470

OCLC

138552556

Author

Gallagher, Helen, 1926- Interviewee

Title

Interview with Helen Gallagher [sound recording].

Imprint

2006.

Funding

Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.

Local Note

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2470 nos. 1-4

Preservation master: 4 sound files (ca. 183 min.) : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit ; danmgztco32470p1v1, danmgztco32470p2v1, danmgztco32470p1v2, danmgztco32470p2v2, on AIT-2 tape dated 12/04/06, copied by Chicago Audio Works, 11/ 2006; located in the Rose Building workroom as of 04/28/09. When space becomes available in Princeton ReCAP or an alternative off-site storage area, the LTO and AIT master tapes are to be moved to such location.

Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2470 pts. 1-3

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2470 nos. 1-2

Restricted Access

Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

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Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Gallagher, H.

Added Author

Gennaro, Liza. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2470 [sound disc]

*MGZMT 3-2470 [transcript]