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Leida Snow interviews Joseph Papp.

Title
Leida Snow interviews Joseph Papp.
Author
Papp, Joseph
Publication
[1983, 1984].

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Snow, Leida
  • CBS News.
  • WINS (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Found In
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 21 minutes) : digital, stereo.
Summary
  • Part 1. Leida Snow interviews Joseph Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and The Public Theater in New York. He talks about the success of the New York Shakespeare Festival production of the musical "A chorus line" that started as a workshop of a series of taped interviews of dancers' reminiscences, and later became the longest-running production in Broadway history up to that time.
  • Part 2 (0:00-4:12 minutes). Leida Snow reports live after gala that was held after the ceremony of the 1984 38th Annual Tony Awards, and announces some of the Tony Awards winners, such as the musical "Sunday in the park with George," "La Cage aux Folles" (Best Musical), Jeremy Irons (Best Actor) for his role of Henry ("The real thing"), and others.
  • Part 2 (4:14-11:18 minutes). The segment includes brief interview with Joseph Papp who talks about budgeting theatrical productions for educational purposes, such as bringing them to the city schoolls, and subsidizing tickets for school students for various Broadway shows. Leida Snow, interviewer.
Alternative Title
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Radio programs.
  • Interviews.
  • Award presentations (Radio programs)
  • Reviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title provided by cataloger.
  • Streaming file transferred from original audiocassette.
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) in *LTC-A 1809.
Source (note)
  • Leida Snow
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts, *L(Special) 09-02.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1809
OCLC
930891446
Author
Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
Title
Leida Snow interviews Joseph Papp.
Production
[1983, 1984].
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Joseph Papp, interviewee ; Leida Snow, interviewer.
Event
Part 1 Recorded during the rehearsal of Chorus line, and later broadcast on WINS radio station 1983 September 27
Part 2 Recorded after gala, after the 38th Tony Awards ceremony, for 1010 Wins All News CBS New York radio program [1984 June 3]
Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Additional Formats
Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) in *LTC-A 1809.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts, *L(Special) 09-02.
Source
Gift; Leida Snow, 2009.
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NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Snow, Leida, interviewer.
CBS News.
WINS (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Snow, Leida, donor.
Added Title
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
Found In:
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1809
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