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Speak low (when you're working on a show) : letters between Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya
- Title
- Speak low (when you're working on a show) : letters between Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya [videorecording] / Presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
- Publication
- New York, 2002.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOV 3809 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Program devoted to the letters of composer Kurt Weill and his wife, performer Lotte Lenya. Actors Judy Kaye and David Green read correspondence between Weill and Lenya, most of which dates from the early to mid-1940s, during the period when Weill was working on the shows Lady in the dark and The Firebrand of Florence. They discuss current events, their careers, and their feelings about show business colleagues, such as Ira Gershwin and Bertolt Brecht.
- Subjects
- Composers > Germany
- Lenya, Lotte > Friends and associates
- Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 > Correspondence
- Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 > Friends and associates
- Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 > Lady in the dark
- Composers > United States
- Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 > Firebrand of Florence
- Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
- Lenya, Lotte > Correspondence
- Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 > Friends and associates
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 > Friends and associates
- Note
- No credits on tape. Program information gathered from Theatre on Film and Tape Archive files.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer (note)
- Introductory remarks: Alan J. Pally and Carolyn Weber.
- Featuring Judy Kaye and David Green.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2002.
- Call Number
- NCOV 3809
- OCLC
- 818344581
- Title
- Speak low (when you're working on a show) : letters between Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya [videorecording] / Presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
- Imprint
- New York, 2002.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Cast
- Introductory remarks: Alan J. Pally and Carolyn Weber.Featuring Judy Kaye and David Green.
- Event
- Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2002.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Pally, Alan J, producer.Pally, Alan J, speaker.Weber, Carolyn, 1950- speaker.Kaye, Judy, actor.Green, David, 1942 June 16- actor.New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, producer.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 3809