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Music is / book by George Abbott ; music by Richard Adler ; lyrics by Will Holt ; based on Shakespeare's Twelfth night ; orchestrations by Hershey Kay ; dance and vocal arrangements by William Cox.

Manuscript notated music

[1976]

1976

1 item

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FormatManuscript notated musicCall numberJNG 89-151Item locationOffsite
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A tree grows in Brooklyn [sound recording] / music by Arthur Schwartz ; lyrics by Dorothy Fields.

Music CD

New York, NY : Sony Broadway, p1991.

1991-1951

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 4214 (F)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Damn Yankees : typescript, 1994.

Archival Mix

1994

1 item

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FormatArchival MixCall numberNCOF+ 95-1157Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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Piano selections... [from] the new musical New girl in town. Music & lyrics by Bob Merrill; book by George Abbott based on the play Anna Christie, by Eugene O'Neill.

Notated music

[New York] Valyr Music Corp.; sole selling agent: Chappell, New York [c1957]

1957

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatNotated musicCall number*MYD-AmerItem locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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Pal Joey [videorecording]

VHS

1957.

1957

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatVHSCall number*MGZIA 4-1058Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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The pajama game, a new musical comedy. Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell. Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross [pseud.]

Book/Text

New York, Random House [1954]

1954

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall number*MZItem locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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Damn Yankees; a new musical based on the novel The year the Yankees lost the pennant, by Douglass Wallop. Book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop. Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross [pseud.]

Book/Text

New York, Random House [1956]

1956

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall number*MZ (Rosenberg, J. Damn Yankees)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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Broadway : a novel / by Philip Dunning and George Abbott ; illustrated with scenes from Jed Harris' production of Broadway.

Book/Text

New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c1927.

1927

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberNBO (Dunning, P. H. Broadway)Item locationOffsite

The boys from Syracuse [sound recording] / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart ; book by George Abbott.

Music CD

New York, N.Y. : Sony Broadway, [1993].

1993-1953

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 6616 (F)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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The Pajama game [sound recording] : [a musical] / music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross ; book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell ; based on the novel "7 1/2 cents" by Richard Bissell ; orchestrations by Don Walker.

Music CD

[England] : Jay Productions Ltd., p1997.

1997-1996

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 18694 (F)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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The boys from Syracuse [sound recording] : a musical comedy sensation / [music by Richard Rodgers].

Music CD

New York, NY : DRG Theater, p1997.

1997

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 18469 (F)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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New girl in town; a new musical (based on the play Anna Christie, by Eugene O'Neill) Book by George Abbott. Music and lyrics by Bob Merrill.

Book/Text

New York, Random House [c1958]

1958

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall number*MZ (Merrill, B. New girl in town)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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The pajama game; a new musical comedy. Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell. Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross [pseud.]

Book/Text

New York, Random House [1954]

1954

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall number*MZ (Ross, J. Pajama game)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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Universal's super-production "Broadway," by Philip Dunning and George Abbott; screen play and dialogue arrangement by Edward T. Lowe, jr.; directed by Paul Fejos, associate producer Carl Laemmle, jr.

Book/Text

[New York, Universal Pictures Corporation, 1930]

1930

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMFLM+ (Broadway) (Lowe, E.T. Universal's super-production "Broadway")Item locationOffsite

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Buzz Miller collection of playscripts. 1956-[1968?]

Archival Mix

1956-1968

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatArchival MixCall number(S) *MGZMD 125Item locationOffsite

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Lillian Gish papers, 1909-1992.

Archival Mix

1909-1992

152 items

Available online

NYPL Digital Collections
FormatCall numberItem location
FormatArchival MixCall number*T-Mss 1996-011 Vol. 33Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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FormatArchival MixCall number*T-Mss 1996-011 Vol. 32Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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FormatArchival MixCall number*T-Mss 1996-011 Vol. 31Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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Broadway; a new play, by Philip Dunning and George Abbott.

Book/Text

New York, Co-National Plays, Inc. [1926]

1926

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberNCOF+ (Dunning, P. H. Broadway)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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"Lilly Turner;" a new play in three acts, by Philip Dunning and George Abbott. Based on a story by Frances Fox Dunning ...

Book/Text

[New York] c1932.

1932

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberNCOF+ (Dunning, P. H. "Lilly Turner")Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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"Three men on a horse," by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott.

Manuscript

[1934]

1934

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOF+ (Holm, J. C. "Three men on a horse")Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Pay the piper. Based on Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie. Book by George Abbott. Music and lyrics by Robert Merrill.

Book/Text

New York, 1956.

1956

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberNCOF+ (Merrill, B. Pay the piper)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Beat the band. Book by George Marion, jr. and George Abbott, lyrics by George Marion, jr.; music by Johnny Green.

Manuscript

[1942]

1942

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOF+ (Marion, G. Beat the band)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Damn Yankees. Based on the novel The year the Yankees lost the pennant, by Douglass Wallop. Book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop. Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. [Produced at the 46th St. Theatre, New York, May 5, 1955.

Manuscript

New York, A. Meyerson Manuscript Typing & Mimeographing Service] 1954.

1954

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOF+ (Ross, J. Damn Yankees)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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[Music is. Vocal score. Selections / Richard Adler]

Manuscript notated music

c1976.

1976

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscript notated musicCall numberJPB 00-38Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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The pajama game [sound recording] / music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.

Music CD

New York, NY : Columbia, c2000.

2000-1954

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 25449 (F)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Damn Yankees [sound recording] / [book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop ; music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross ; orchestrations by Don Walker ; dance music arrangements by Roger Adams].

Musical recording

New York, N.Y. : RCA Victor, [196-]

1960-1969

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusical recordingCall number*LZR 7731Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Where's Charley? [sound recording].

Music CD

[England] : EMI/Broadway Angel, p1993.

1993-1958

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 31069 [Notes (Synopsis)]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 31069 [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Damn Yankees [sound recording] : original Broadway cast recording / music & lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross ; [book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop ; based on the novel The year the Yankees lost the pennant, by Douglass Wallop].

Music CD

New York, N.Y. : RCA Victor, [1988]

1988-1955

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 30683 [Notes]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 30683 [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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New girl in town [sound recording] : original cast recording / music & lyrics by Bob Merrill ; [book by George Abbott, based on the play Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill].

Music CD

New York, NY : RCA Victor, [1994]

1994-1957

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 30711 [Notes]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 30711 [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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The boys from Syracuse [sound recording] : [Based on Shakespeare's A comedy of errors] / Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by George Abbott.

Musical recording

United States : Columbia, [1964]

1964

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 17780 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Wonderful town [sound recording] / Leonard Bernstein.

Musical recording

New York : Decca, [1953]

1953

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusical recordingCall number*LZR 20438 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Fiorello! [sound recording] : original Broadway cast / music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.

Music CD

Hollywood, Calif. : Capitol Records, p1989.

1989-1959

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 30745 [Leaflet]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 30745 [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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The boys from Syracuse [sound recording] : 1963 Off-Broadway cast recording / [music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart ; book by George Abbott].

Music CD

Hayes, Middlesex, England : Broadway Angel, p1963, c1993.

1993-1963

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 30722 [Notes]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 30722 [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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The boys from Syracuse [sound recording] : London cast recording / [music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart ; book by George Abbott].

Music CD

New York : Decca Broadway, p2002.

2002-1938

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 31395 [Notes]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 31395 [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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The Kennedy Center Honors [videorecording] / a George Stevens, Jr., Nick Vanoff presentation for Kennedy Center Television Productions, Inc. ; directed by Don Mischer ; produced by George Stevens, Jr. and Nick Vanoff.

VHS

U.S. : CBS-TV, c1982.

1982

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall number*MGZIA 4-8045Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Damn Yankees [sound recording] : original cast / [music and lyrics by] Richard Adler [and] Jerry Ross ; [book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop].

Musical recording

New York : RCA Victor, [1955]

1955

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusical recordingCall number*LZR 40022 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Fiorello [sound recording] : a new musical / book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick ; music by Jerry Bock.

Musical recording

[S.l.] : Capitol, [1959]

1959

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusical recordingCall number*LZR 54811 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

The pajama game [sound recording] / book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell ; music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.

Musical recording

New York, N.Y. : Columbia, [1973]

1973-1954

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusical recordingCall number*LZR 56927 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Flora, the red menace: typescript, 1964.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberRM 121 Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Flora, the red menace: typescript, 1965.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberRM 135Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Flora, the red menace: typescript, 1964.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberRM 136 Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Flora, the red menace: typescript, 1965.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberRM 137 Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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On your toes: typescript, 1936.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberRM 262 Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

The pajama game: typescript.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberRM 272 Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Two G notes: typescript, 1958.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberRM 3141Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

Broadway ; a new play : typescript.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall number*T-Mss 1966-002, Scripts Box 13Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

The boys from Syracuse: typescript, 1964.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberRM 4348Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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