Past Exhibitions

Martha Swope: In Rehearsal

September 27, 2012 (All day) - January 26, 2013 (All day)

Martha Swope, who started out as a dance student with a Brownie camera, developed into the premier photographic documenter of performance in New York. The free exhibition focuses on Swope's photographs of the rehearsal process, highlighting her understanding of movement while illuminating how
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Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen

October 18, 2012 (All day) - January 12, 2013 (All day)

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Lincoln Center's Posters and Prints: 50 Years of the Vera List Program

September 19, 2012 (All day) - January 5, 2013 (All day)

A collaboration with the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

In 1962, Lincoln Center initiated a program to commission posters by prominent artists for the then newly-built performing arts complex. The brainchild of philanthropist Vera List and her husband,
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All Hands on Deck: Remembering the Titanic (1912-2012)

March 30, 2012 (All day) - August 31, 2012 (All day)

On April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic tragically sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. In honor of the 100 years which have passed, All Hands on Deck: Remembering the Titanic (1912-2012), curated by LPA's Music Division, exhibits items from our collections to
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Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward

March 12, 2012 (All day) - August 18, 2012 (All day)

A collaboration with the Noel Coward Foundation, the Museum of Performance & Design (San Francisco) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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Rock and Roll Icons: Photographs by Patrick Harbron

May 10, 2012 (All day) - August 10, 2012 (All day)

Rock and Roll Icons: Photographs by Patrick Harbron is a new exhibition taken from Harbron’s rock and roll concert and portrait photography of influential musicians and groups of the 1970’s and 1980’s, captured at pivotal moments in their careers.
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The Great American Revue: How Ziegfeld, White and their Rivals Remade Broadway.

April 19, 2012 (All day) - July 21, 2012 (All day)
Due to events being held in library, The Great American Revue exhibition will close early on the following day:
- Tuesday, May 15 at 5:00 pm
What are Revues? In our fantasies, fed by nostalgia and Hollywood, they are concoctions of songs, dance, elaborate costumes
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Celebrating Our Legacy: Oral History Photographic Exhibit of the League of Professional Theater Women

March 8, 2012 (All day) - April 28, 2012 (All day)

The League of Professional Theatre Women, an advocacy organization dedicated to promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the professional theatre, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2012. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is pleased to collaborate
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The Birth of Promotion: Inventing Film Publicity in the Silent-Film Era

November 22, 2011 (All day) - March 10, 2012 (All day)

The Birth of Promotion: Inventing Film Publicity in the Silent-Film Era
Vincent Astor Gallery
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
November 22, 2011 through January 2012
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Voices & Images from Bulgaria

January 12, 2012 (All day) - February 28, 2012 (All day)

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is pleased to present an exhibition of photographs resulting from Martin Koenig's travels. Entitled Voices & Images From Bulgaria: 1966-1979, the exhibit was presented in Sofia by the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture
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