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Additional authors

1. Papp, Joseph
2. Pryce, Jonathan
3. Heston, Charlton
4. Dewhurst, Colleen
5. Washington, Denzel, 1954-
6. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (12 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Television coverage related to the controversy surrounding the Broadway musical Miss Saigon. The controversy was provoked by producer Cameron Mackintosh's casting of a white British actor, Jonathan Pryce, in the Eurasian lead role of the Engineer. Actors' Equity initially barred Pryce from appearing in the show on Broadway on the grounds that part should go to an Asian actor, and then later reversed its decison. Segments include interview excerpts with Charlton Heston, Jonathan Price, Actors' Equity president Colleen Dewhurst, theatrical producer Joseph Papp, and various Asian American actors. Videocassette two includes a segment relating to New York Shakespeare Festival performer Denzel Washington.

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

Alternative title

1. Entertainment tonight, Miss Saigon, Denzel Washington, August 17, 1990
2. Miss Saigon (two pieces) and Charlton Heston

Subject

1. Pryce, Jonathan > Interviews
2. Asian American actors
3. Mackintosh, Cameron
4. Theater > Moral and ethical aspects
5. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
6. Schönberg, Claude-Michel > Miss Saigon
7. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1991-2000
8. Interviews
9. Washington, Denzel, 1954-
10. Theater and society
11. Actors > Interviews
12. Theater > New York (State) > New York
13. Actors' Equity Association
14. Television
15. Heston, Charlton > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 5068

Note

1. These videos separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. No credits on tape. Title supplied by cataloger.
3. Compilation of segments taped off air.
4. Segments overlap with those cataloged in NCOX 5037 and NCOX 5200.
5. Videocassette one (7 min.): Four segments aired Entertainment tonight, August 8 ,9, 15 and 22, 1991, respectively.
6. Videocassette two (4 min.): Two segments aired Entertainment tonight, August 17, 1990. Segment one: Miss Saigon coverage. Segment two: Denzel Washington's plays Richard in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of The tragedy of King Richard III, at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Interview with Washington.

Title

1. Miss Saigon : related television coverage, August 8 to 22, 1990 [videorecording]

Imprint

1. New York, 1990.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

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

Added author

1. Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
2. Pryce, Jonathan, interviewee.
3. Heston, Charlton, interviewee.
4. Dewhurst, Colleen, interviewee.
5. Washington, Denzel, 1954- interviewee.
6. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Research call number

1. NCOX 5068