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
New York: Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2011]
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.
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)
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Performer (note)
Introductory remarks: Jacqueline Z. Davis and Betty L. Corwin.
Event (note)
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.
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O#PAMI;
Title
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
New York: Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2011]
Introductory remarks: Jacqueline Z. Davis and Betty L. Corwin.
Event
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.