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The 1997 Easter Bonnet competition

Title: The 1997 Easter Bonnet competition [videorecording] / Presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ; produced by Michael Graziano and Tom Viola ; associate producer, Raymond Shelton ; directed by Sam Ellis ; [video director] Bradshaw Smith ; [video prod. company] Broadway Beat.
Publication: New York, 1997.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (155 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

Benefit performance featuring songs, dances, and comedy sketches. Performers from Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals compete to create the most original Easter Bonnet, with the results presented at the conclusion of each act. The proceeds from the event go to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Series Statement

Easter Bonnet Competition for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Alternative Title

Broadway's 11th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.
Dance.

Note

Performers include cast members from Disney's Beauty and the beast, Once upon a mattress, Annie, the New York Metropolitan Opera, Cats, Stanley, Phantom of the opera, Rent, Miss Saigon, Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding, Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in Da' Funk, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Grandma Sylvia's Funeral, The king and I, Howard Crabtree's When pigs fly, Last night at Ballyhoo, Present laughter, Forbidden Broadway strikes back, A funny thing happened on the way to the forum, and Chicago.
Before the show begins there is a brief segment featuring attendees waiting in front of the Palace Theatre. Russell Bouthiller interviews several people, including two costumers who worked on the earliest Easter Bonnet shows in the 1980s. Chita Rivera delivers a brief tribute to the event and its organizers.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Production consultant, Maria Di Dia ; associate director, Drew Geraci ; musical supervisor, Seth Rudetsky ; opening number choreographed by David Marques ; "Rock me Mama" choreographed by Jody Oberfelder ; production stage managers, Jim Harker, John Atherlay, and M. A. Howard.

Performer (note)

Hosts: Dana Ivey, Gary Beach, Tom O'Leary, Joan Almedilla, Jeffrey Wright, Ken Prymus, Michael Chiklis, Greg Jbarra, Ernie Sabella, David Sabella, Hal Holbrook, and Allison Janney.
Performers include Joyce Chittick, Holly Cruikshank, Joseph Favalora, Jeffrey Hankinson, Sebastian LaCause, Deborah Leamy, Tina Ou, Rommy Sandhu, Scott Spahr, Kristi Sperling, Leslie Stevens, Branch Woodman, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Joey DiConcetto, Craig Dawson, Sally Mae Dunn, Pamela Winslow, Pam Klinger, Brenda O'Brien, Tom Pardoe, Kerry Butler, Joseph Savant, Raymond Sage, Wendy Oliver, Pat Sosnow, John Schuck, Nell Carter, Brittny Kissinger, Christiana Anbri, Cassidy Ladden, Mekenzie Rosen-Stone, Alexandra Kiesman, Eileen Goh, Darrell Pucciarello, Marlene Danielle, Susan Powers, Alison Larkin, Maria Gentile, Chuck Santoro, Jason Samuels, Adrian Bailey, David Bedella, Natasha Rennalls, Shelby Wong, Kamille Braun, Jaime Gustis, Robert Wertsinger, Chita Rivera, Jay Rogers, Stanley Bojarski, Blake Hammond, Keith Cromwell, Michael West, Dana Ivey, Jessica Hecht, Stephen Largay, Allison Janney, Tim Hopper, Margaret Sophie Stein, Christine Pedi, Seth Rudetsky, Victor Garber, Jennifer Fuchs Hart, Paula Gifford, Denise Roberts, Vicky Virgin, Whoopi Goldberg, William Duell, Marcia Lewis, Jim Borstelmann, Tina Paul, Denis Jones, David Sabella, Anne Runolfsson, and Howard McGillin.
Speakers: Antony Sher, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Mayor George A. Spadoro, of Edison, New Jersey.
Presenters: Joel Grey and Gary Beach.
Announcer: Thom Christopher.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Palace Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 1997.

Call Number

NCOV 2760

OCLC

1370906480

Title

The 1997 Easter Bonnet competition [videorecording] / Presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ; produced by Michael Graziano and Tom Viola ; associate producer, Raymond Shelton ; directed by Sam Ellis ; [video director] Bradshaw Smith ; [video prod. company] Broadway Beat.

Imprint

New York, 1997.

Series

Easter Bonnet Competition for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Production consultant, Maria Di Dia ; associate director, Drew Geraci ; musical supervisor, Seth Rudetsky ; opening number choreographed by David Marques ; "Rock me Mama" choreographed by Jody Oberfelder ; production stage managers, Jim Harker, John Atherlay, and M. A. Howard.

Cast

Hosts: Dana Ivey, Gary Beach, Tom O'Leary, Joan Almedilla, Jeffrey Wright, Ken Prymus, Michael Chiklis, Greg Jbarra, Ernie Sabella, David Sabella, Hal Holbrook, and Allison Janney.

Performers include Joyce Chittick, Holly Cruikshank, Joseph Favalora, Jeffrey Hankinson, Sebastian LaCause, Deborah Leamy, Tina Ou, Rommy Sandhu, Scott Spahr, Kristi Sperling, Leslie Stevens, Branch Woodman, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Joey DiConcetto, Craig Dawson, Sally Mae Dunn, Pamela Winslow, Pam Klinger, Brenda O'Brien, Tom Pardoe, Kerry Butler, Joseph Savant, Raymond Sage, Wendy Oliver, Pat Sosnow, John Schuck, Nell Carter, Brittny Kissinger, Christiana Anbri, Cassidy Ladden, Mekenzie Rosen-Stone, Alexandra Kiesman, Eileen Goh, Darrell Pucciarello, Marlene Danielle, Susan Powers, Alison Larkin, Maria Gentile, Chuck Santoro, Jason Samuels, Adrian Bailey, David Bedella, Natasha Rennalls, Shelby Wong, Kamille Braun, Jaime Gustis, Robert Wertsinger, Chita Rivera, Jay Rogers, Stanley Bojarski, Blake Hammond, Keith Cromwell, Michael West, Dana Ivey, Jessica Hecht, Stephen Largay, Allison Janney, Tim Hopper, Margaret Sophie Stein, Christine Pedi, Seth Rudetsky, Victor Garber, Jennifer Fuchs Hart, Paula Gifford, Denise Roberts, Vicky Virgin, Whoopi Goldberg, William Duell, Marcia Lewis, Jim Borstelmann, Tina Paul, Denis Jones, David Sabella, Anne Runolfsson, and Howard McGillin.

Speakers: Antony Sher, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Mayor George A. Spadoro, of Edison, New Jersey.

Presenters: Joel Grey and Gary Beach.

Announcer: Thom Christopher.

Event

Videotaped at the Palace Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 1997.

Local Note

Gift of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Added Author

Graziano, Michael, producer.

Viola, Tom, producer.

Shelton, Raymond, producer.

Ellis, Sam, director.

Di Dia, Maria, production personnel.

Geraci, Drew, production personnel.

Rudetsky, Seth, musical director.

Rudetsky, Seth, instrumentalist.

Rudetsky, Seth, performer.

Marqués, David, choreographer.

Oberfelder, Jody, choreographer.

Harker, James, production stage manager.

Atherlay, John M., production stage manager.

Howard, M. A., production stage manager.

Ivey, Dana, host.

Ivey, Dana, performer.

Beach, Gary, host.

Beach, Gary, performer.

Beach, Gary, presenter.

O'Leary, Thomas James, host.

Almedilla, Joan, host.

Wright, Jeffrey (Jeffrey Charles), 1965- host.

Prymus, Ken, host.

Chiklis, Michael, 1963- host.

Jbara, Gregory, host.

Sabella, Ernie, host.

Sabella, David, host.

Sabella, David, performer.

Holbrook, Hal, host.

Janney, Allison, host.

Janney, Allison, performer.

Christopher, Thom, narrator.

Chittick, Joyce, performer.

Cruikshank, Holly, performer.

Favalora, Joseph, performer.

Hankinson, Jeffrey, performer.

LaCause, Sebastian, performer.

Leamy, Deborah, performer.

Ou, Tina, performer.

Sandhu, Rommy, performer.

Spahr, Scott, performer.

Sperling, Kristi, performer.

Stevens, Leslie, performer.

Woodman, Branch, performer.

Keenan-Bolger, Andrew, 1985- performer.

DiConcetto, Joey, performer.

Dawson, Craig, performer.

Dunn, Sally Mae, performer.

Winslow, Pamela, performer.

Klinger, Pam, performer.

O'Brien, Brenda, performer.

Pardoe, Tom, performer.

Butler, Kerry, performer.

Savant, Joseph, performer.

Sage, Raymond, performer.

Oliver, Wendy, performer.

Sosnow, Pat, performer.

Schuck, John, 1940- performer.

Carter, Nell, performer.

Kissinger, Brittny, performer.

Anbri, Christiana, 1990- performer.

Ladden, Cassidy, performer.

Rosen-Stone, Mekenzie, performer.

Kiesman, Alexandra, performer.

Goh, Eileen, performer.

Pucciarello, Darrell, performer.

Danielle, Marlene, performer.

Powers, Susan (Singer), performer.

Larkin, Alison, performer.

Gentile, Maria, performer.

Santoro, Chuck, performer.

Smith, Jason Samuels, performer.

Bailey, Adrian, performer.

Rennalls, Natasha, performer.

Bedella, David, 1962- performer.

Wong, Shelby Rebecca, performer.

Braun, Kamille, performer.

Gustis, Jaime, performer.

Wertsinger, Robert, performer.

Rivera, Chita, performer.

Rogers, Jay, performer.

Bojarski, Stanley, performer.

Hammond, Blake, performer.

Cromwell, Keith, performer.

West, Michael, performer.

Hecht, Jessica, 1965- performer.

Largay, Stephen, performer.

Hopper, Tim, performer.

Stein, Margaret Sophie, performer.

Pedi, Christine, performer.

Garber, Victor, performer.

Fuchs, Jennifer, performer.

Gifford, Paula, performer.

Roberts, Denise, performer.

Virgin, Vicky, performer.

Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- performer.

Duell, William, 1923-2011, performer.

Lewis, Marcia, 1938-2010, performer.

Borstelmann, Jim, performer.

Paul, Tina, performer.

Jones, Denis, performer.

Runolfsson, Anne, performer.

McGillin, Howard, performer.

Sher, Antony, 1949-2021, speaker.

Parker, Sarah Jessica, speaker.

Spadoro, George A., speaker.

Grey, Joel, 1932- presenter.

Bouthiller, Russell, interviewer.

Smith, Bradshaw, videographer.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), producer.

Broadway Beat (Firm)

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), donor.

Research Call Number

NCOV 2760

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