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Additional authors

1. Papp, Joseph
2. Haynes, Phyllis
3. McPhillips, Mary Helen
4. Palmer, Tony, 1941-
5. Thompson, Neville C
6. Pilbrow, Richard
7. Wolf, John, 1936-
8. Friedman, Stanley
9. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. WWOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (17 min.) sd., col. and b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Segment one: The musical, aired WNET-TV, Channel 13, in August 1980. Program begins at 40 min. Documentary on the history and origins of the American musical featuring interview excerpts with producer/director Joseph Papp. Papp discusses how he came to produce the musical Hair at the Public Theater; Hair's revolutionizing effect on the musical form and its expression of contemporary attitudes; his decision to produce contemporary plays as well plays by Shakespeare at the Public Theater; his early exposure to sheet music; Broadway as a province of the middle class and its inaccessibility to him as a poor youth. Program includes performance excerpts of the New York Shakespeare Festival production Leaf people.
2. Segment two: Straight talk, aired WWOR-TV, Channel 9, in August 1980. Program begins at 96 min. Hosts Phyllis Haynes and Mary Helen McPhillips interview Papp about the New York Shakespeare Festival's current summer programs. Papp discusses the Elizabeth Swados' musical Under fire, performed at various parks throughout the city via the New York Shakespeare Festival's mobile theater; the construction and operation of the mobile theater; the response to the mobile theater by its local audiences; the social and artistic objectives for mobile theater performances; Papp's production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Pirates of Penzance at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, including changes he made in its casting and music in comparison with previous productions; his views on the operetta; Linda Ronstadt's decision to play the part of Mabel and how she prepared for her part; the casting mix of British and American actors; the critical appraisal of the show.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series statement

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Subject

1. Television
2. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
3. Musicals
4. Talk shows
5. Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 > Pirates of Penzance
6. Interviews
7. Reardon, Dennis J., 1944- > Leaf people
8. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York > 20th century
9. Documentaries and factual works
10. Theatrical producers and directors > United States > Interviews
11. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
12. Papp, Joseph > Interviews
13. MacDermot, Galt > Hair

Genre/Form

1. Musicals.
2. Interviews.
3. Television.
4. Documentaries and factual works.
5. Talk shows.

Contents

1. The musical / directed by Tony Palmer ; produced by Neville C. Thompson; from a script by Stephen Sondheim ; executive producer, Richard Pilbrow ; a Theater Projects Film production in association with EMI TV productions Ltd. Polygram TV Division, RM productions Gmb and London Weekend Television -- Straight talk : interview segment with Joseph Papp / directed by John Wolf ; produced by Stanley Friedman ; [originally produced for WWOR-TV].

Call number

1. NCOX 5174

Note

1. This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. Dubbed compilation of two television programs taped off air featuring interviews with producer/director Joseph Papp. For segment one the interview with Papp begins at 73 min. and ends at 77 min. For segment two the interview with Papp begins at 118 min. and ends at 131 min.

Access (note)

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required prior to viewing.

Title

1. The musical : with episode of Straight talk [videorecording]

Imprint

1. New York, 1980.

Series

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Access

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required prior to viewing.

Added author

1. Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
2. Haynes, Phyllis, interviewer.
3. McPhillips, Mary Helen, interviewer.
4. Palmer, Tony, 1941- director.
5. Thompson, Neville C, producer.
6. Pilbrow, Richard, producer.
7. Wolf, John, 1936- director.
8. Friedman, Stanley, producer.
9. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. WWOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Research call number

1. NCOX 5174