Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. London, Todd
2. Rodgers, Mary, 1931-2014
3. Pen, Polly
4. Swados, Elizabeth
5. Sherman, Kim D. (Kim Daryl), 1954-
6. Winer, Deborah Grace
7. Character Generators/Video
8. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (90 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Summary

1. Opens with introductory remarks by series producer Todd Lincoln.
2. Panel moderator Deborah Grace Winer, author of a biography of composer Dorothy Fields (1905-1974), launches the discussion with a look at the career of Ms. Fields, after which the panel of professional stage composers contribute comments on their own experiences, discuss the challenges which women composers and lyricists face whether working alone or in collaboration, and attempt to address the larger question of why the field of musical theater has traditionally been dominated by men. A question and answer session with the audience concludes the program.

Series statement

1. Speaking Out: The Performing Arts Forum 1997

Subject

1. Sherman, Kim D (Kim Daryl), 1954-
2. Swados, Elizabeth
3. Musical theater
4. Panel discussions
5. Rodgers, Mary, 1931-2014
6. Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974
7. Lyric writing (Popular music)
8. Winer, Deborah Grace
9. Women composers > United States
10. Pen, Polly

Genre/Form

1. Panel discussions.

Call number

1. NCOW 207

Note

1. Second program in a series of five.
2. Some material not taped at the end of the first cassette; second tape begins with question and answer session.

Performer (note)

1. Panelists: Mary Rodgers, Polly Pen, Elizabeth Swados, and Kim D. Sherman, with Deborah Grace Winer, moderator.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in its Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, N.Y., March 24, 1997.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Title

1. "Sisters Gershwin" : where are the women composers & lyricists? [videorecording] / [video producer] The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; [video prod. company, Character Generators, Inc.]

Imprint

1. New York, 1997.

Series

1. Speaking Out: The Performing Arts Forum 1997

Performer

1. Panelists: Mary Rodgers, Polly Pen, Elizabeth Swados, and Kim D. Sherman, with Deborah Grace Winer, moderator.

Event

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in its Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, N.Y., March 24, 1997.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Added author

1. London, Todd, producer.
2. London, Todd, speaker.
3. Rodgers, Mary, 1931-2014, panelist.
4. Pen, Polly, panelist.
5. Swados, Elizabeth, panelist.
6. Sherman, Kim D. (Kim Daryl), 1954- panelist.
7. Winer, Deborah Grace, moderator.
8. Character Generators/Video.
9. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Research call number

1. NCOW 207