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On theater landmarks : [editorial and reply]

Title
On theater landmarks : [editorial and reply] [videorecording] / [produced by] WABC-TV.
Publication
New York, 1982.

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Additional Authors
  • Love, Cliff
  • Loveman, Lenore
  • WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (4 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Editorial by WABC-TV editorial director Cliff Love opposing a plan to designate 45 Broadway theaters as landmarks. The designation is sought by the group called the Committee to Save the Theaters, who several months earlier, tried and failed to save two historic theaters from destruction. Editorial is followed by a reply by Lenore Loveman of the Committee to Save the Theaters. She explains why the theaters need and deserve landmark status.
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
Subjects
Genre/Form
Television.
Note
  • This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
  • On tape with: On theater landmarks: ABC editorial reply, 7/26/82.
  • Compilation of segments taped off air.
  • Title derived from label on source tape container.
Event (note)
  • Editoral broadcast WABC-TV, New York, N.Y., April 22, 1982. Reply broadcast on April 26, 1982.
Biography (note)
  • Theatrical producer Joseph Papp was the organizer of a grassroots effort, begun in 1982, called Save the Theaters, to stop the destruction of the Morosco and Helen Hayes Theaters for the construction of the Portman Hotel. Papp recruited Merle Debusky to organize publicity and enlisted dozens of celebrated actors in his campaign, which he conducted from a suite in the nearby Piccadilly Hotel. On March 4, 1982 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction preventing demolition of the theaters, and a nineteen-day "Save the Morosco and the Helen Hayes Theater Vigil" began. New York Shakespeare Festival staffers erected a stage on 45th Street in front of the Morosco, where excerpts from seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays that had originated in the theaters were read by actors. On March 19 the state Supreme Court rejected a petition to halt demolition and Papp threatened physically block the demolition of the Morosco. On March 22, Papp led a group of 200 people to a lot to block access to the demolition machinery. The "Morosco 200" were arrested on 45th Street and taken to a local police precinct. Demolition began on March 23. On April 20 charges against the group were dropped. Ultimately Papp's intervention had failed to save the theaters. During the next three years the producer spoke with officials and met with city planners about having the Broadway theater zone declared an historic district.
Call Number
NCOX 5356
OCLC
NYPG06-F138
Title
On theater landmarks : [editorial and reply] [videorecording] / [produced by] WABC-TV.
Imprint
New York, 1982.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Event
Editoral broadcast WABC-TV, New York, N.Y., April 22, 1982. Reply broadcast on April 26, 1982.
Biography
Theatrical producer Joseph Papp was the organizer of a grassroots effort, begun in 1982, called Save the Theaters, to stop the destruction of the Morosco and Helen Hayes Theaters for the construction of the Portman Hotel. Papp recruited Merle Debusky to organize publicity and enlisted dozens of celebrated actors in his campaign, which he conducted from a suite in the nearby Piccadilly Hotel. On March 4, 1982 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction preventing demolition of the theaters, and a nineteen-day "Save the Morosco and the Helen Hayes Theater Vigil" began. New York Shakespeare Festival staffers erected a stage on 45th Street in front of the Morosco, where excerpts from seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays that had originated in the theaters were read by actors. On March 19 the state Supreme Court rejected a petition to halt demolition and Papp threatened physically block the demolition of the Morosco. On March 22, Papp led a group of 200 people to a lot to block access to the demolition machinery. The "Morosco 200" were arrested on 45th Street and taken to a local police precinct. Demolition began on March 23. On April 20 charges against the group were dropped. Ultimately Papp's intervention had failed to save the theaters. During the next three years the producer spoke with officials and met with city planners about having the Broadway theater zone declared an historic district.
Added Author
Love, Cliff, speaker.
Loveman, Lenore, speaker.
WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
Research Call Number
NCOX 5356
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