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Additional authors

1. Wilk, Max

Found in

1. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Description

1. 1 streaming audio file (approximately 35 min.) : digital, mono.

Summary

1. Arthur Lewis, a theater director and producer, talks about Frank Loesser, a songwriter who wrote the lyrics and music to the Broadway hits "Guys and dolls" and "How to succeed in business without really trying." He speaks about Loesser's high standards; his many diverse talents; his genuine admiration for other creators' successful works (Lewis claims that R. Rodgers and I. Berlin were intensely jealous of their colleagues' achievements); collaboration among Loesser, Jule Styne (songwriter), Cy Feuer (theatre producer), and theater companies and movie studios; the musical "South Pacific" and its production; his own (Lewis's) productions of Loesser's musicals "Guys and dolls" and "How to succeed in business without really trying" in London; and recalls some episodes from the past.

Alternative title

1. They're playing our song.
2. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Subject

1. Sound recordings
2. Interviews
3. Lewis, Arthur, 1916-2006 > Interviews
4. Composers > United States
5. Lyricists > United States
6. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LDC 53166

Note

1. Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
2. Original interview conducted by Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books, for the book "They're playing our song" published in 1973.

Access (note)

1. Access to original item restricted.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53166.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Author

1. Lewis, Arthur, 1916-2006, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Arthur Lewis, 1971-01-08.

Production

1. 1971.

Playing time

1. 003449

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. audio disc
2. online resource

Performer

1. Arthur Lewis, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.

Event

1. Recorded in London 1971 January 8.

Access

1. Access to original item restricted.

Additional formats

1. Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53166.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Local note

1. Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 2175.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Wilk, Max, interviewer.

Added title

1. They're playing our song.
2. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Found in:

1. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Research call number

1. *LDC 53166
2. *LT-10 2175