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Additional authors

1. Wade, Carolyn
2. Presser, Michael
3. Greenberg, Jesse
4. Midtown Arts Project, producer.
5. Shubert Organization, producer.
6. New York City Youth Bureau, producer.
7. New York (N.Y.). Board of Education, producer.
8. Roger Wade Productions, producer.
9. Midtown Management Group, Inc, donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (15 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Documentary on the backstage workers responsible for the Broadway musical production of Cats. In addition to its performers, a total of some one-hundred-thirty-five people are required behind the scenes at the Winter Garden Theatre to stage each performance. This video uses still photographs in combination with audio interviews with backstage crew members, including the stage manager, wardrobe captain, sound engineer, and others, who describe their jobs and those of the people they supervise.

Subject

1. Musical theater
2. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
3. Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- > Cats
4. Theater > New York (State) > New York > Employees
5. Theater > Production and direction
6. Documentaries and factual works

Genre/Form

1. Documentaries and factual works.

Call number

1. NCOX 859

Note

1. A second copy of this videorecording is available on NCOX 5061.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, N.Y., 1980s. Broadcast information is unknown.

Title

1. Broadway backstage! [videorecording] / The Midtown Arts Project, in association with the Shubert Organization, Inc., New York City Youth Bureau, and the New York City Board of Education, present ; produced by Roger Wade Productions ; Carolyn Wade, producer ; Michael Presser, executive producer ; written by Jesse Greenberg.

Imprint

1. New York, c1985.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, N.Y., 1980s. Broadcast information is unknown.

Local note

1. Gift of Midtown Management Group, Inc.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Wade, Carolyn, producer.
2. Presser, Michael, producer.
3. Greenberg, Jesse, writer.
4. Midtown Arts Project, producer.
5. Shubert Organization, producer.
6. New York City Youth Bureau, producer.
7. New York (N.Y.). Board of Education, producer.
8. Roger Wade Productions, producer.
9. Midtown Management Group, Inc, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 859