Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Azenberg, Emanuel
2. Freydberg, James B
3. Riedel, Michael (Theater critic)
4. Haskins, Susan
5. Walker, Adam
6. Theater Talk Productions, Inc

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (27 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Veteran Broadway producers Emanuel Azenberg and James Freydberg discuss the box office impact of the financial downturn with hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins. They compare the current situation to the Great Depression of the 1930s and New York City's fiscal crisis in the 1970s, examine some of the causes of the high costs of producing shows on and off Broadway, and speculate about the near future.

Series statement

1. Theater talk

Subject

1. Azenberg, Emanuel -- Interviews
2. Freydberg, James B. -- Interviews
3. Recessions
4. Theater -- Economic aspects -- United States
5. Theater management -- New York (State) -- New York
6. Theatrical producers and directors -- Interviews
7. Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York
8. Theater -- New York (State) -- New York

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Talk shows.
3. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 2415

Note

1. Credits at end of tape.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at the Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., Sep. 26, 2008.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Local note

1. Gift of Susan Haskins.

Title

1. Theater talk. Emanuel Azenberg and James Freydberg [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Adam Walker.

Imprint

1. New York, c2008.

Series

1. Theater talk

Cast

1. Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at the Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., Sep. 26, 2008.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Azenberg, Emanuel, interviewee.
2. Freydberg, James B, interviewee.
3. Riedel, Michael (Theater critic), interviewer.
4. Haskins, Susan, interviewer.
5. Haskins, Susan, producer.
6. Walker, Adam, director.
7. Theater Talk Productions, Inc.
8. Haskins, Susan, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2415