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[Interview with André De Shields]

Title
  1. [Interview with André De Shields] [videorecording] / [Video prod. company, Character Generators, Inc.] ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
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  1. New York, c1997.

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Additional authors
  1. De Shields, André, 1946-
  2. Horwitz, Murray
  3. Corwin, Betty L
  4. Character Generators/Video
  5. American Theatre Wing
  6. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Description
  1. 2 videocassettes (114 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
Summary
  1. Actor/dancer André De Shields discusses his career in the theatre with interviewer Murray Horwitz, examining such shows as Hair, The wiz, and Ain't misbehavin'. He also discusses multiculturalism in the theater, black agitprop theater, his decades of work at La Mama ETC, his chairmanship of the Actors' Equity Association's Committee for Racial Equality, and his cabaret work.
Alternative title
  1. André De Shields interviewed by Murray Horwitz
Subject
  1. De Shields, André, 1946- -- Interviews
  2. MacDermot, Galt
  3. Smalls, Charlie
  4. Waller, Fats, 1904-1943
  5. La Mama Experimental Theatre Club
  6. Actors' Equity Association
  7. Experimental theater -- New York (State) -- New York
  8. African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York
  9. African American theater
  10. Black theater -- United States
  11. Multiculturalism
  12. Agitprop theater -- United States
  13. Musical theater -- United States
  14. Actors -- Interviews
  15. African American actors -- Interviews
  16. Dancers -- Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Interviews.
Call number
  1. NCOW 197
Language
  1. English
Performer (note)
  1. Interviewed by Murray Horwitz.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., July 7, 1997.
Funding (note)
  1. Recorded with the financial assistance of American Theatre Wing, Inc.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Title
  1. [Interview with André De Shields] [videorecording] / [Video prod. company, Character Generators, Inc.] ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Imprint
  1. New York, c1997.
Performer
  1. Interviewed by Murray Horwitz.
Event
  1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., July 7, 1997.
Funding
  1. Recorded with the financial assistance of American Theatre Wing, Inc.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Added author
  1. De Shields, André, 1946- interviewee.
  2. Horwitz, Murray, interviewer.
  3. Corwin, Betty L.
  4. Character Generators/Video.
  5. American Theatre Wing.
  6. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Research call number
  1. NCOW 197
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