Research Catalog

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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 streaming video file (59 min.) : sound, color.

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

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOW 421

Note

1. This interview can be accessed via physical media (DVD) in the screening room of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive: call number NCOW 421.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

1. Introductory remarks: Lisa Rothe, Jacqueline Z. Davis, and Ludovica Villar-Hauser.

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., February 18, 2018.

Source (note)

1. O#PAMI; Inventoried 2021/0813; myt_ncow421_v01_ao.tar, myt_ncow421_v02_ao.tar, myt_ncow421_v01_em.mov

Linking entry (note)

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

Title

1. Interview with Baayork Lee / conducted by Robert Viagas ; February 12, 2018 ; Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. ; [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.

Production

1. New York: Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2018]

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Type of content

1. spoken word
2. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Digital file characteristics

1. video file

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

1. Introductory remarks: Lisa Rothe, Jacqueline Z. Davis, and Ludovica Villar-Hauser.

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., February 18, 2018.

Linking entry

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

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.

Other form:

1. digital transfer of (videodisc): 1 videodisc ; 4 3/4 in. (OCoLC) b21604540x Interview with Baayork Lee. New York:2018

Research call number

1. NCOW 421