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Additional authors

1. Lee, Baayork
2. Viagas, Robert
3. Rothe, Lisa
4. Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946-
5. Villar-Hauser, Ludovica
6. Hoffman, Patrick
7. League of Professional Theatre Women
8. Character Generators/Video
9. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

Description

1. 1 videodiscs (DVD) (59 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Dancer and choreographer Baayork Lee discusses her career with author Robert Viagas, beginning with her childhood experiences in the original Broadway productions of Flower drum song and The King and I. She also talks about her formative relationship with director/choreographer Michael Bennett, her experiences in the original production of A chorus line, her work as Bennett's successor in subsequent productions of the show, her other projects, and colleagues such as Thommie Walsh.

Alternative title

1. Baayork Lee in conversation with Robert Viagas

Subject

1. Choreographers > Interviews
2. Lee, Baayork > Friends and associates
3. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 > King and I
4. Interviews
5. Child actors > United States
6. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 > Flower drum song
7. Bennett, Michael, 1943-1987 > Friends and associates
8. Walsh, Thommie > Friends and associates
9. Asian American actresses
10. Women in the theater
11. Dancers > Interviews
12. Hamlisch, Marvin > Chorus line
13. Chorus line (Motion picture)
14. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
15. Lee, Baayork > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOW 421

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

1. Introductory remarks: Lisa Rothe, Jacqueline Z. Davis, and Ludovica Villar-Hauser.
2. Interviewed by Robert Viagas.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Feb. 12, 2018.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Title

1. Interview with Baayork Lee [videorecording] / [Presented by] The League of Professional Theatre Women ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Imprint

1. New York, c2018.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

1. Introductory remarks: Lisa Rothe, Jacqueline Z. Davis, and Ludovica Villar-Hauser.
2. Interviewed by Robert Viagas.

Event

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Feb. 12, 2018.

Note

1. viewing copy DVD 02122018 581744 Character Generators, Inc.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Lee, Baayork, interviewee.
2. Viagas, Robert, interviewer.
3. Rothe, Lisa, speaker.
4. Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946- speaker.
5. Villar-Hauser, Ludovica, speaker.
6. Hoffman, Patrick.
7. League of Professional Theatre Women.
8. Character Generators/Video.
9. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Note

1. Title on program: Baayork Lee in conversation with Robert Viagas

Research call number

1. NCOW 421