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West End story

Title: West End story [videorecording] / Lynmar Productions, in association with PM Films, presents ; produced by Marianne Quinn and Paul Cross ; executive producer, Linda Steinhoff ; written and directed by Paul Cross.
Publication: [n.p.] : Videovue Home Video, c2000.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videocassette 1	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOX 2053 Videocassette 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videocassette 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOX 2053 Videocassette 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videocassettes (VHS) (92 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

Documentary on British stage musicals, and the people who create them. Includes excerpts from interviews with performers, composers, choreographers, and others who work on musicals that play the West End, London's equivalent to New York City's Broadway theater district. Also includes footage of rehearsals, actors preparing for auditions, applying makeup backstage, etc. Two shows that receive particular attention are Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle down the wind, and Dana P. Rowe's stage adaptation of The witches of Eastwick.

Alternative Title

Anatomy of the musical theatre

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.
Documentaries and factual works.
Interviews.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

Narrated by Paul Cross.
Interviews include Petula Clark, Lucie Arnaz, Jerry Herman, Julie-Alanah Brighten, Rosemary Ashe, Ria Jones, Jerome Pradon, Simon Bowman, Barbara Dickson, Mitch Sebastian, Oliver Tobias, Larry Fuller, Kim Criswell, Larry Blank, and Robert Cuccioli.

Event (note)

Filmed in London, England, New York, N.Y., and Los Angeles, Calif., 1999-2000.

Call Number

NCOX 2053

OCLC

879377982

Title

West End story [videorecording] / Lynmar Productions, in association with PM Films, presents ; produced by Marianne Quinn and Paul Cross ; executive producer, Linda Steinhoff ; written and directed by Paul Cross.

Imprint

[n.p.] : Videovue Home Video, c2000.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

Narrated by Paul Cross.

Interviews include Petula Clark, Lucie Arnaz, Jerry Herman, Julie-Alanah Brighten, Rosemary Ashe, Ria Jones, Jerome Pradon, Simon Bowman, Barbara Dickson, Mitch Sebastian, Oliver Tobias, Larry Fuller, Kim Criswell, Larry Blank, and Robert Cuccioli.

Event

Filmed in London, England, New York, N.Y., and Los Angeles, Calif., 1999-2000.

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Added Author

Quinn, Marianne, producer.

Cross, Paul, producer.

Cross, Paul, director.

Cross, Paul, narrator.

Clark, Petula, 1932- interviewee.

Arnaz, Lucie, 1951- interviewee.

Herman, Jerry, 1931-2019, interviewee.

Barrett, Brent, interviewee.

Brighten, Julie-Alanah, interviewee.

Ashe, Rosemary, interviewee.

Jones, Ria, interviewee.

Pradon, Jérôme, 1964- interviewee.

Bowman, Simon, interviewee.

Dickson, Barbara, interviewee.

Sebastian, Mitch, interviewee.

Tobias, Oliver, interviewee.

Fuller, Larry, interviewee.

Criswell, Kim, interviewee.

Blank, Larry, interviewee.

Cuccioli, Robert, 1958- interviewee.

Lynmar Productions.

P.M. Films.

Videovue (Firm)

Note

Subtitle on cassette box: Anatomy of the musical theatre

Research Call Number

NCOX 2053

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