Research Catalog
Sombrero Playhouse papers,
- Title
- Sombrero Playhouse papers, 1961-1964.
- Author
- Charlton, Richard.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1997-002 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- .25 lf (1 box)
- Subjects
- Inge, William
- Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
- Clippings
- Winters, Shelley
- Raitt, John, 1917-2005
- Inge, William > Natural affection
- Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968
- Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977
- O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983
- Galaxy Gallery (Phoenix, Ariz.)
- Pidgeon, Walter, 1897-1984
- Pitts, ZaSu, 1898-1963
- Charlton, Richard
- Swanson, Gloria, 1897-1983
- Theater > Arizona > Phoenix
- Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012
- Backstage Club (Phoenix, Ariz.)
- O'Brien, Margaret, 1937-
- Cummings, Robert, 1908-1990
- Sombrero Playhouse (Phoenix, Ariz.)
- Genre/Form
- Clippings.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography (note)
- The Sombrero Playhouse, founded in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1949, was for many years a popular venue for touring productions featuring prominent performers, including a number of Hollywood luminaries.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1997-002
- Author
- Charlton, Richard.
- Title
- Sombrero Playhouse papers, 1961-1964.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Summary
- The Sombrero Playhouse papers consist mostly of clippings from Arizona newspapers and magazines dated between 1961 and 1964, but primarily from 1962 and 1963, concerning current productions at the Sombrero Playhouse. Much of the material consists of feature stories on the star performer of the current show, usually including biographical information about the performer along with excerpts from a recent, local interview. There is also general information about the theater and its founding artistic director Richard Charlton, about the Galaxy Gallery, an art gallery adjacent to the theater operated by Richard's wife Helen Charlton, and the Backstage Club, a restaurant in the same complex which began as a club for actors appearing in Sombrero productions. The material from 1964 speaks of plans to build a new Phoenix Performing Arts Center.
- Biography
- The Sombrero Playhouse, founded in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1949, was for many years a popular venue for touring productions featuring prominent performers, including a number of Hollywood luminaries. Founded by artistic director Richard Charlton, the Sombrero Playhouse became during its heyday perhaps the major performing arts center between Dallas and Los Angeles, attracting celebrity players such as Groucho Marx, Tallulah Bankhead, Ginger Rogers, Gloria Swanson, Bob Cummings, Celeste Holm, Shelley Winters, Margaret O'Brien, ZaSu Pitts, Pat O'Brien, Walter Pidgeon, John Raitt, and others. These actors usually toured in established works, but new plays were occasionally tried out at the Sombrero, such as William Inge's NATURAL AFFECTION, which premiered in Phoenix in 1962, a year prior to its Broadway run.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1997-002