Research Catalog

Title

Doris Eaton Travis: Easter Bonnet performances [videorecording] / Produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ; [video prod. company] Broadway Beat.

Publication

New York, 1998-2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Travis, Doris Eaton, 1904-2010
• Eaton, Charles, 1911-2004
• Foster, Sutton
• Sciotto, Eric
• Washington, Michael Benjamin
• Hewitt, Tom, 1958-
• Bolton, John, 1965-
• Rashad, Phylicia, 1948-
• George, Bill
• Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), producer.
• Broadway Beat (Firm)
• Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), donor.

Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (71 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

• Doris Eaton Travis: Easter Bonnet 1998-2006 & 2008
• Doris Eaton Travis Easter Bonnet numbers

Subjects

• Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1991-2000
• Ziegfeld follies
• Ziegfeld girls
• Musicals
• Travis, Doris Eaton, 1904-2010
• Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization)
• Musical theater > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Access (note)

• Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

• Featuring Doris Eaton Travis, with Charles Eaton, Sutton Foster, Eric Sciotto, Michael Benjamin Washington, Tom Hewitt, John Bolton, Phylicia Rashad, Bill George, and others.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at the New Amsterdam Theatre and the Minskoff Theatre, New York, N.Y., 1998-2008.

Biography (note)

• As a young woman Doris Eaton Travis performed on Broadway and in the Ziegfeld Follies from 1918 to 1921. She made her final public appearance at the Easter Bonnet Competition of 2010, and died a month later at the age of 106. She was the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl.

Call Number

NCOV 3598

OCLC

712665183

Title

Doris Eaton Travis: Easter Bonnet performances [videorecording] / Produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ; [video prod. company] Broadway Beat.

Imprint

New York, 1998-2008.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

Featuring Doris Eaton Travis, with Charles Eaton, Sutton Foster, Eric Sciotto, Michael Benjamin Washington, Tom Hewitt, John Bolton, Phylicia Rashad, Bill George, and others.

Event

Videotaped at the New Amsterdam Theatre and the Minskoff Theatre, New York, N.Y., 1998-2008.

Summary

Compilation of performances by Doris Eaton Travis from the Easter Bonnet Competition, an annual fund-raising event that benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This compilation consists of her performances from the Easter Bonnet events of 1998-2006, plus 2008.

Biography

As a young woman Doris Eaton Travis performed on Broadway and in the Ziegfeld Follies from 1918 to 1921. She made her final public appearance at the Easter Bonnet Competition of 2010, and died a month later at the age of 106. She was the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl.

Local Note

Gift of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Local Subject

Ziegfeld girls.

Added Author

Travis, Doris Eaton, 1904-2010, performer.

Travis, Doris Eaton, 1904-2010, speaker.

Eaton, Charles, 1911-2004, performer.

Foster, Sutton, performer.

Sciotto, Eric, performer.

Washington, Michael Benjamin, performer.

Hewitt, Tom, 1958- performer.

Bolton, John, 1965- performer.

Rashad, Phylicia, 1948- speaker.

George, Bill, performer.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), producer.

Broadway Beat (Firm)

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), donor.

Note

Title on disc label: Doris Eaton Travis: Easter Bonnet 1998-2006 & 2008

Title on tape: Doris Eaton Travis Easter Bonnet numbers

Research Call Number

NCOV 3598