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Assassins : a conversationpiece
- Title
- Assassins : a conversationpiece [videorecording] / MTI Music Theatre International presents ; executive producer, Freddie Gershon ; produced and directed by Roger Englander ; [video prod. company] Conover Production Services.
- Publication
- New York, c1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOX 734 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (65 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- "Video seminar" in which composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim and librettist John Weidman discuss their stage musical Assassins, and offer advice for future productions. Sondheim, seated at a piano, focuses on the arrangement of his score, singing excerpts from the show's songs as examples. Weidman focuses on his text and the meaning of individual sequences. Scenic designer Loren Sherman, who designed the set for the 1990 Off-Broadway production of the show at Playwrights Horizons, displays his model for the set and offers advice on dealing with the scenic design challenges presented by the show. Each man appears separately and addresses the camera directly, with no interviewer present.
- Series Statement
- conversationpiece
- Alternative Title
- Assassins: a conversation piece
- Subjects
- Assassins > United States
- Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery
- Sherman, Loren
- Librettists > United States
- Instruction
- Assassination > United States
- Sondheim, Stephen > Assassins
- Musicals
- Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
- Weidman, John, 1946-
- Political violence > United States
- Composers > United States
- Genre/Form
- Instruction.
- Musicals.
- Note
- A videorecording of the 1990 Playwrights Horizons production of Assassins discussed in this video is available on NCOV 968. A videorecording of the 2004 Broadway production is available on NCOV 2861.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits (note)
- Director of photography, John Kosmaczewski ; sound, Karl Held ; editor, Daniel Daube.
- Performer (note)
- Featuring Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman, and Loren Sherman.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in New York, N.Y., 1991.
- Call Number
- NCOX 734
- OCLC
- NYPG04-F400
- Title
- Assassins : a conversationpiece [videorecording] / MTI Music Theatre International presents ; executive producer, Freddie Gershon ; produced and directed by Roger Englander ; [video prod. company] Conover Production Services.
- Imprint
- New York, c1991.
- Series
- conversationpiece
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits
- Director of photography, John Kosmaczewski ; sound, Karl Held ; editor, Daniel Daube.
- Performer
- Featuring Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman, and Loren Sherman.
- Event
- Videotaped in New York, N.Y., 1991.
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- Added Author
- Gershon, Fredric B, producer.Englander, Roger, producer.Englander, Roger, director.Kosmaczewski, John, director of photography.Held, Karl, recording engineer.Daube, Daniel, editor of moving image work.Sondheim, Stephen, commentator.Weidman, John, 1946- commentator.Sherman, Loren, commentator.Music Theatre International.Conover Production Services.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 734