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[Jerome Robbins-John Guare collaboration] [Irving Berlin project].

Title
  1. [Jerome Robbins-John Guare collaboration] [sound recording] : [Irving Berlin project].
Published by
  1. [199-?]
Author
  1. Robbins, Jerome.

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Additional authors
  1. Guare, John.
  2. Robbins Rights Trust. dnr
  3. Oral history archive.
Found in
  1. Jerome Robbins Collection
Description
  1. 1 sound disc (ca. 27 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Jerome Robbins and John Guare discuss ideas for a possible new musical comedy using songs from the catalog of Irving Berlin. Guare explains an idea for a plot involving time travel, and he and Robbins discuss its advantages and problems; they speak about the range of Berlin's catalog and how songs might be incorporated. There is mention of the 1927 silent movie Exit smiling, the James Barrie play Mary Rose, and the Kurt Weill musical Johnny Johnson, which Robbins cites as his introduction to show business. Robbins also speaks about having cataract surgery.
Alternative title
  1. Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
  1. Robbins, Jerome
  2. Audiotapes > Robbins, J
  3. Audiotapes > Guare, J
  4. Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
Call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-2734 JRC
Note
  1. Between 1992 and 1994, Jerome Robbins pursued the possibility of creating a new musical comedy using songs from the catalog of Irving Berlin. In this recording, he and playwright John Guare discuss possible scenarios and material for the show, which was never realized.
  2. Sound quality is good.
Access (note)
  1. Permission required.
Funding (note)
  1. Preservation was funded by the Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Source (note)
  1. Robbins Rights Trust
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of: Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.
Author
  1. Robbins, Jerome.
Title
  1. [Jerome Robbins-John Guare collaboration] [sound recording] : [Irving Berlin project].
Imprint
  1. [199-?]
Access
  1. Permission required.
Original version
  1. Original format : 1 sound cassette (ca. 27 min.; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; 2 channels). Originally recorded ca. 1975.
Funding
  1. Preservation was funded by the Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of: Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.
Local note
  1. Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2734 JRC
Source
  1. Gift; Robbins Rights Trust, 2009. NN-PD
Added author
  1. Guare, John.
  2. Robbins Rights Trust. Donor
  3. Oral history archive.
Added title
  1. Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.
Found in:
  1. Jerome Robbins Collection
Research call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-2734 JRC
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