Research Catalog

Interview with Linda Lavin

Title
  1. Interview with Linda Lavin / conducted by Michael Riedel ; May 9, 2011 ; 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.
Published by
  1. New York: Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2011]
  2. ©2011

Available online

Details

Additional authors
  1. Lavin, Linda, 1937-
  2. Riedel, Michael (Theater critic)
  3. Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946-
  4. Corwin, Betty L.
  5. Hoffman, Patrick.
  6. League of Professional Theatre Women.
  7. Character Generators/Video.
  8. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (67 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
  1. Linda Lavin discusses her career as a performer on stage and television with columnist Michael Riedel. She discusses her early theatrical influences as the daughter of a professional singer, noting that her mother's singing career was hindered by attitudes towards working women during the Depression. Lavin describes her formative years performing in summer stock, her experiences in several Broadway shows including It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman, and the 1989 revival of Gypsy, her television work in the situation comedy Alice, and her impressions of colleagues such as Harold Prince, Jack Cassidy, and others. She also talks about her work as an acting teacher.
Subject
  1. Interviews
  2. Television broadcasting > United States
  3. Television actors and actresses > Interviews
  4. Theater > New York (State) > New York
  5. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
  6. Acting > Study and teaching
  7. Alice (Television program)
  8. Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Gypsy
  9. Strouse, Charles > It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman
  10. Cassidy, Jack, 1927-1976 > Friends and associates
  11. Prince, Harold, 1928-2019 > Friends and associates
  12. Lavin, Linda, 1937- > Friends and associates
  13. Lavin, Linda, 1937- > Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Interviews.
Call number
  1. NCOW 352
Note
  1. This video can be accessed via physical media (DVD) in the screening room of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive: call number NCOW 352.
Access (note)
  1. Restricted to qualified researchers.
Performer (note)
  1. Introductory remarks: Jacqueline Z. Davis and Betty L. Corwin.
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., May 9, 2011.
Source (note)
  1. O#PAMI;
Title
  1. Interview with Linda Lavin / conducted by Michael Riedel ; May 9, 2011 ; 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, [2011]
Copyright date
  1. ©2011
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: Jacqueline Z. Davis and Betty L. Corwin.
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., May 9, 2011.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Lavin, Linda, 1937- interviewee.
  2. Riedel, Michael (Theater critic), interviewer.
  3. Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946- speaker.
  4. Corwin, Betty L., speaker.
  5. Hoffman, Patrick.
  6. League of Professional Theatre Women.
  7. Character Generators/Video.
  8. 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) b19114437x
Research call number
  1. NCOW 352
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