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The stars salute the Queen of Off-Broadway

Title: The stars salute the Queen of Off-Broadway [videorecording] / Jean Dalrymple, producer ; Donald Saddler, director ; Haila Stoddard, coordinator ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Publication: New York, c 1985.

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Not available - Please for assistance.	Videodiscs 1 and 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 413 Videodiscs 1 and 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (145 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Stage producer Lucille Lortel is saluted on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of her acquisition of the Theatre de Lys, later renamed the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The first act consists of songs and stories associated with Lortel and the shows she has produced, while the second act features spoken testimonials and a documentary film about Lortel and her career. At the finale, Lortel is presented with the first annual Lee Strasberg Lifetime Achievement in Theatre Award.

Alternative Title

Actors Fund Benefit
Lucille Lortel tribute

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Note

The documentary film shown in the second act, "The Queen of Off-Broadway," is available separately on NCOX 490.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Musical direction, Colin Romoff ; general manager, Ben Sprecher ; producer/director of "The Queen of Off-Broadway" film, Harry Kafka ; stage manager, John Concannon.

Performer (note)

Introductory remarks, William Roerick, and Nedda Harrigan Logan.
Host, second act: Joseph Papp.
Speakers: Anne Baxter, Ossie Davis, Fritz Weaver, Marshall Mason, Walter Cronkite, Arthur Mills, Glenda Jackson, James Earl Jones, Sidney Kingsley, and Lucille Lortel.
Pianists: Fred Barton, Colin Romoff.
Forbidden Broadway performers: Gregg Edelman, Susan J. Jacks, Herndon Lackey, Nora Mae Lyng.
Performers: John Cullum, Shirley Knight, Kaitlin Hopkins, George Rose, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jerry Orbach, Jo Sullivan, George Irving, Vivian Blaine, June Havoc, Geoffrey Holder.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 1, 1985.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the financial assistance of Lucille Lortel.

Call Number

NCOV 413

OCLC

952057513

Title

The stars salute the Queen of Off-Broadway [videorecording] / Jean Dalrymple, producer ; Donald Saddler, director ; Haila Stoddard, coordinator ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.

Imprint

New York, c 1985.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Musical direction, Colin Romoff ; general manager, Ben Sprecher ; producer/director of "The Queen of Off-Broadway" film, Harry Kafka ; stage manager, John Concannon.

Cast

Introductory remarks, William Roerick, and Nedda Harrigan Logan.

Host, second act: Joseph Papp.

Speakers: Anne Baxter, Ossie Davis, Fritz Weaver, Marshall Mason, Walter Cronkite, Arthur Mills, Glenda Jackson, James Earl Jones, Sidney Kingsley, and Lucille Lortel.

Pianists: Fred Barton, Colin Romoff.

Forbidden Broadway performers: Gregg Edelman, Susan J. Jacks, Herndon Lackey, Nora Mae Lyng.

Performers: John Cullum, Shirley Knight, Kaitlin Hopkins, George Rose, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jerry Orbach, Jo Sullivan, George Irving, Vivian Blaine, June Havoc, Geoffrey Holder.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 1, 1985.

Funding

Recorded with the financial assistance of Lucille Lortel.

Local Subject

Tributes.

Added Author

Dalrymple, Jean, producer.

Saddler, Donald, director.

Stoddard, Haila, production personnel.

Romoff, Colin, conductor.

Romoff, Colin, instrumentalist.

Sprecher, Ben, production personnel.

Kafka, Harry, film director.

Concannon, John, stage manager.

Roerick, William, 1911-1995, speaker.

Logan, Nedda Harrigan, speaker.

Papp, Joseph, host.

Baxter, Anne, speaker.

Davis, Ossie, speaker.

Weaver, Fritz, 1926-2016, speaker.

Mason, Marshall W., speaker.

Cronkite, Walter, speaker.

Mills, Arthur, speaker.

Jackson, Glenda, speaker.

Jones, James Earl, speaker.

Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995, speaker.

Lortel, Lucille, speaker.

Lortel, Lucille.

Barton, Fred, 1958- instrumentalist.

Edelman, Gregg, performer.

Jacks, Susan J., performer.

Lackey, Herndon, performer.

Lyng, Nora Mae, performer.

Cullum, John, 1930- performer.

Knight, Shirley, 1936-2020, performer.

Hopkins, Kaitlin, performer.

Rose, George, 1920-1988, performer.

Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 1913-2005, performer.

Orbach, Jerry, performer.

Sullivan, Jo, performer.

Irving, George S., performer.

Blaine, Vivian, 1921-1995, performer.

Havoc, June, performer.

Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014, performer.

Stucker, Richard, videographer.

Corwin, Betty L.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Added Title

Actors Fund Benefit

Lucille Lortel tribute

Research Call Number

NCOV 413

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