Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Haimes, Todd
2. Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961
3. Zaks, Jerry, 1946-
4. Kinberg, Judy
5. Sandrich, Jay
6. Walton, Tony, 1934-2022
7. Long, William Ivey
8. Gallo, Paul
9. Fitzgerald, Peter (Peter J.)
10. Testani, Andrea J
11. Lane, Nathan, 1956-
12. Smart, Jean
13. Jennings, Byron
14. Harris, Harriet Sansom, 1955-
15. Stadlen, Lewis J
16. Stratton, Hank
17. Stevens, Linda
18. Beaver, Terry
19. Duell, William, 1923-2011
20. Wright, Mary Catherine
21. DeRosa, Stephen
22. Holbrook, Ruby
23. Garrison, Mary Catherine
24. Shaffer, Zach
25. Boyd, Julie
26. Hayenga, Jeffrey
27. Flanagan, Kit
28. Shively, Ryan
29. Halston, Julie
30. Hoffman, Hans
31. Thompson, André Steve
32. Bakkensen, Michael
33. Blackman, Ian
34. Richardson, Natasha
35. Neeson, Liam
36. Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007
37. Schneider, Anne Kaufman
38. Smith, Anna Deavere
39. Smith, Anna Deavere
40. Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-2017
41. Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-2017
42. Emery, Lisa
43. Roundabout Theatre Company, producer
44. American Airlines Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (168 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Includes material on the play's historical background delivered by hosts Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson. At the first intermission (51:35), further information is offered on playwrights Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, and on their model for the play's central character, critic Alexander Woollcott, by Hart's widow, Kitty Carlisle Hart, and Kaufman's daughter, Anne Kaufman Schneider. The play is examined by director Jerry Zaks. At the second intermission (1:59:20), the renovation of the 42nd Street theater district, and of the American Airlines Theatre (formerly the Selwyn Theatre), where the play is being staged, is discussed. Todd Haimes, artistic director of the Roundabout Theatre Company, and set designer Tony Walton, are featured in this segment.
2. Following The man who came to dinner, in an unrelated segment entitled Stage on Screen: Voices, playwright Anna Deavere Smith discusses her play Twilight-- Los Angeles, 1992, and playwright A. R. Gurney discusses his play Far East, featuring actor Lisa Emery, who also comments. This segment lasts about 12 minutes.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of WNET/13, New York.

Subject

1. Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943.
2. Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943 -- Drama.
3. Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
4. Smith, Anna Deavere -- Interviews.
5. Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-2017. Far East.
6. Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-2017 -- Interviews.
7. Celebrities -- United States -- Drama.
8. Theater -- New York (State) -- New York.

Genre/Form

1. Drama.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 1692

Language

1. English

Note

1. Originally broadcast live by Thirteen/WNET New York for its Stage on Screen program.

Performer (note)

1. Nathan Lane, Jean Smart, Byron Jennings, Harriet Harris, Lewis J. Stadlen, Hank Stratton, Linda Stevens, Terry Beaver, William Duell, Mary Catherine Wright, Stephen DeRosa, Ruby Holbrook, Mary Catherine Garrison, Zach Shaffer, Julie Boyd, Jeffrey Hayenga, Kit Flanagan, Ryan Shively, Julie Halston, Hans Hoffman, André Steve Thompson, Michael Bakkensen, Ian Blackman.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the American Airlines Theatre, New York, N.Y., Oct. 7, 2000.

Linking entry (note)

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

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material