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The Mysteries and What's So Funny?

Title
The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1993-01-03 / Written and Directed by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Co.
Publication
1993.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Glass, Philip
  • Gordon, David, 1936-2022
  • Cohen, Scott, 1961-
  • Porter, Adina
  • Setterfield, Valda
  • Fire, Norma
  • Hoffman, Jane, 1911-2004
  • Johnson, Alan, 1959-
  • Cunningham, Scott
  • Pashalinski, Lola
  • Graham, Karen
  • Moss, Dean
  • Playten, Alice
  • Roth, Tisha
  • Kux, Bill
  • Matz, Jerry
  • Kotlowitz, Dan
  • Meschter, Dave
  • Wheeler, Jedediah
  • Fitzgerald, Ed
  • Grooms, Red
  • Diamond, Dennis
  • Video D Studios, videographer.
  • David Gordon/Pickup Company, performer.
  • Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
  • David Gordon/Pickup Company, donor.
Found In
David Gordon archive.
Description
2 streaming video files (93 min.) : sound, color.
Uniform Title
Mysteries and what's so funny? (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Alternative Title
David Gordon archive. Moving image.
Genre/Form
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Note
  • Credits transcribed from video and program.
  • Title on original: Pick Up Co., The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1/3/93.
  • Presented by Pick Up Performance Company, Inc., Managing Director, June Poster, in association with the Joyce Theater Foundation.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Music by Philip Glass; Visual Design by Red Grooms; Music Director, Alan Johnson; Lighting Designer, Dan Kotlowitz; Sound Designer, David Meschter; Casting, Vince Liebhart and Judy Dennis; Produced by Jedediah Wheeler; Stage Manager, Ed Fitzgerald; video production, Video D Studios; Camera, Dennis Diamond ; Audio Engineer, Harold James.
Source (note)
  • Pick Up Performance Co(s), David Gordon.
Contents
Reel 1 (53 min.). The Mysteries and What's So Funny? (beginning) -- Reel 2 (approximately 39 min.). The Mysteries and What's so Funny? (conclusion).
Call Number
*MGZIDF 3881
OCLC
896442762
Title
The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1993-01-03 / Written and Directed by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Co.
Production
1993.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Access
Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Music by Philip Glass; Visual Design by Red Grooms; Music Director, Alan Johnson; Lighting Designer, Dan Kotlowitz; Sound Designer, David Meschter; Casting, Vince Liebhart and Judy Dennis; Produced by Jedediah Wheeler; Stage Manager, Ed Fitzgerald; video production, Video D Studios; Camera, Dennis Diamond ; Audio Engineer, Harold James.
Performer
Performed by Pick Up Co.: Valda Setterfield (Marcel Duchamp), Scott Cohen (Young Sam), Scott Cunningham (Anger I), Norma Fire (Detective, Only Oldest Child), Karen Graham (Young Rose), Jane Hoffman (Fanny), Alan Johnson (Pianist), Bill Kux (Mr. Him), Jerry Matz (Old Sam), Dean Moss (Young Artist), Lola Pashalinski (Old Rose), Alice Playten (Actor, Grandfather, Father, etc.), Adina Porter (Anger II), Tisha Roth (Mrs. Him).
Event
Videotaped in performance at The Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y. 1993 January 3.
Original Version
Original format: 2 videocassettes (3/4" U-Matic).
Source
Gift; Pick Up Performance Co(s), David Gordon. 2014.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Glass, Philip, composer.
Gordon, David, 1936-2022, author of dialog.
Gordon, David, 1936-2022, stage director.
Cohen, Scott, 1961- performer.
Porter, Adina, performer.
Setterfield, Valda, performer.
Fire, Norma, performer.
Hoffman, Jane, 1911-2004, performer.
Johnson, Alan, 1959- performer.
Cunningham, Scott, performer.
Pashalinski, Lola, performer.
Graham, Karen, performer.
Moss, Dean, performer.
Playten, Alice, performer.
Roth, Tisha, performer.
Kux, Bill, performer.
Matz, Jerry, performer.
Johnson, Alan, 1959- music director.
Kotlowitz, Dan, lighting designer.
Meschter, Dave, sound designer.
Wheeler, Jedediah, producer.
Fitzgerald, Ed, stage manager.
Grooms, Red, design.
Diamond, Dennis, videographer.
Video D Studios, videographer.
David Gordon/Pickup Company, performer.
Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
Gordon, David, 1936-2022, donor.
David Gordon/Pickup Company, donor.
Added Title
Container of (work): Mysteries and what's so funny? (Choreographic work : Gordon)
David Gordon archive. Moving image.
Found In:
David Gordon archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 3881
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