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TV six news.

Title: TV six news. A chorus line [videorecording] / [produced for] HBC ; executive producer: Richard B. Descutner.
Publication: Miami Beach, Florida, 1977.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (25 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

A behind-the-scenes look at bringing the international touring company production of the musical A chorus line to the Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. The program follows the cast and crew as they prepare the stage, install lighting, conduct music and dance rehearsals, give the opening night performance, and celebrate afterwards at the cast party. The program is interspersed with interviews with the show's various personnel, including electrician Mike Scoville; musical director Larry Bank; head of production Sue Macnair; and cast members Jane Summerhays, Steve Bauman, Miriam Welch, Gina Paglia, Pamela Sousa, Eivind Harum, and Zev Bufman.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series Statement

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

Alternative Title

A chorus line :30

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentaries and factual works.
Television.

Note

Credits on tape. Title supplied by cataloger.
Includes blank spaces intended for commercials.
This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Event (note)

First broadcast HBC TV Six, Miami Beach, Florida on April 21, 1977.

Biography (note)

Created by director-choreographer Michael Bennett, A chorus line opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975 and closed there on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances. For a time it held the record as the longest-running musical in history. A chorus line began as a workshop "share" session. A group of dancers met after rehearsals for other shows to talk about their personal and professional lives. The sessions were tape recorded, transcribed, and a musical libretto was pieced together. Playwright/novelist James Kirkwood and former dancer Nicholas Dante assembled the book. Marvin Hamlisch composed the music and Edward Kleban wrote the lyrics. Joseph Papp, through his New York Shakespeare Festival, became the show's producer. He provided the essential funding, rehearsal/workshop space, and time for the show to take shape. As producer Joseph Papp received more that $38 million of the profits of A chorus line.

Call Number

NCOX 5283

OCLC

NYPG05-F10263

Title

TV six news. A chorus line [videorecording] / [produced for] HBC ; executive producer: Richard B. Descutner.

Imprint

Miami Beach, Florida, 1977.

Series

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

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer

Host: Don Stotter.

Event

First broadcast HBC TV Six, Miami Beach, Florida on April 21, 1977.

Biography

Created by director-choreographer Michael Bennett, A chorus line opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975 and closed there on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances. For a time it held the record as the longest-running musical in history. A chorus line began as a workshop "share" session. A group of dancers met after rehearsals for other shows to talk about their personal and professional lives. The sessions were tape recorded, transcribed, and a musical libretto was pieced together. Playwright/novelist James Kirkwood and former dancer Nicholas Dante assembled the book. Marvin Hamlisch composed the music and Edward Kleban wrote the lyrics. Joseph Papp, through his New York Shakespeare Festival, became the show's producer. He provided the essential funding, rehearsal/workshop space, and time for the show to take shape. As producer Joseph Papp received more that $38 million of the profits of A chorus line.

Added Author

Descutner, Richard B, producer.

Stotter, Don, host.

Stotter, Don, interviewer.

Scoville, Mike, interviewee.

Bank, Larry, interviewee.

Macnair, Sue, interviewee.

Summerhays, Jane, interviewee.

Bauman, Steve, interviewee.

Welch, Miriam, interviewee.

Paglia, Gina, interviewee.

Sousa, Pamela, interviewee.

Harum, Eivind, interviewee.

Bufman, Zev, 1930-2020, interviewee.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.

Research Call Number

NCOX 5283

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