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Additional authors

1. Guare, John.

Description

1. 2 sound discs (ca. 112 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Disc 1 (ca. 64 min.) [Begins abruptly; disc contains numerous interruptions for Guare and Robbins to attend to their dogs.] Robbins discusses his upcoming retrospective, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, including researching and reconstructing the dances; the lack of existing documentation on these works; his efforts to restage various dances including the Mack Sennett ballet in High button shoes (1947); the relationship between the worlds of ballet and Broadway; changes in the dance profession since his early years on Broadway; the choreography for Two's company (1952); innovations in Broadway musical choreography brought about by the work of Agnes De Mille in Oklahoma! (1943) and by others; brief discussion of his early work with George Balanchine at Ballet Society; his method of remembering his choreography in order to reconstruct it; his experience directing an opera, (The tender land by Aaron Copland, 1954); his upcoming show in comparison with the original choreography, set designs, costumes, etc.; videotaping compared with dance notation as a means of preserving dance; his work as show doctor for A funny thing happened on the way to the forum (1962); possible titles for his show; the various creative functions he has served in shows such as Call me madam (1950), West side story (1957) and The King and I (1951). [Disc ends abruptly.]
2. Disc 2 (ca. 48 min.) [Disc begins abruptly.] Robbins discusses the structure of Jerome Robbins' Broadway; the lack of documentation of the musical theater; the nature of memory in recreating theatrical work; his objective for an accurate portrayal of his life's work; more on restaging the dances included in the show; the possible use of a narrator; the inclusion of newly staged dance numbers in the show. Robbins and Guare discuss possible actors for the narrator role.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Oral History Archive.

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Subject

1. De Mille, Agnes
2. Choreography > Reconstruction
3. Musical comedies > Jerome Robbins' Broadway
4. Dance > Documentation
5. Dance > Production and direction
6. Audiotapes > Robbins, J
7. Robbins, Jerome > Interviews
8. Dance notation
9. Dance > Research
10. Musicals > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-3100 JRC

Note

1. Interview conducted by John Guare on May 22, 1988 for his article, "Robbins: back to Broadway," New York times Sunday magazine, Sept. 11, 1988, p. 22+.

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Author

1. Robbins, Jerome, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Jerome Robbins. May 22, 1988 [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1988.

Series

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Access

1. Permission required.

Funding

1. Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Local note

1. Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3100 JRC
2. Preservation master: *MGZTP 10-3100 JRC
3. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3100 JRC
4. Partial, edited transcript: *MGZMT 3-3100 JRC

Local subject

1. Choreography -- Reconstruction.
2. Musical comedies. Jerome Robbins' Broadway.
3. Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.

Added author

1. Guare, John. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-3100 JRC