Research Catalog

Title

MacNeil/Lehrer report. Is Radio City Music Hall art? [videorecording]

Publication

New York ; Washington D.C., 1978.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hunter-Gault, Charlayne
• Deutsch, David, 1943 February 2-
• Krupsak, Mary Anne
• Lehrer, James
• Papp, Joseph
• Searles, P. David, 1933-
• Witty, Ken
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
• Rockettes (Dance company)
• WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) producer.
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.

Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (29 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Interview on WNET's MacNeil/Lehrer report with New York Lieutenant Governor Mary Anne Krupsak, producer/director Joseph Papp, and P. David Searles of the National Endowment for the Arts regarding the scheduled closing of Radio City Music Hall. They discuss the issues of whether Radio City Music Hall constitutes art, the impact of tourism on the arts in New York, and whether state and federal cultural funds should be used to save the facility. Includes vintage footage of performances by the Rockettes and other entertainers. Directed by David Deutsch, produced by Ken Witty.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series Statement

Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Uniform Title

MacNeil/Lehrer report (Television program)

Subjects

• Art and state > United States
• Papp, Joseph > Interviews
• Interviews
• Television
• Krupsak, Mary Anne > Interviews
• Federal aid to the arts > New York (State)
• Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.)
• Historic buildings > New York (State) > New York
• United States > Cultural policy
• Tourism and the arts
• MacNeil/Lehrer report (Television program)
• Architecture and state > United States
• New York (State) > Cultural policy
• Historic sites > Law and legislation > New York (State) > New York
• Papp, Joseph > Political and social views
• Landmarks at risk
• Searles, P. David, 1933- > Interviews
• National Endowment for the Arts

Genre/Form

• Interviews.
• Television.

Note

• First broadcast on WNET, Channel 13, on February 3, 1978.
• Credits at end of tape.
• This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.

Performer (note)

• Interviewers: Jim Lehrer and Charlayne Hunter-Gault.

Call Number

NCOX 5104

OCLC

NYPT03-F222

Title

MacNeil/Lehrer report. Is Radio City Music Hall art? [videorecording]

Imprint

New York ; Washington D.C., 1978.

Series

Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Performer

Interviewers: Jim Lehrer and Charlayne Hunter-Gault.

Added Author

Hunter-Gault, Charlayne, interviewer.

Deutsch, David, 1943 February 2- director.

Krupsak, Mary Anne, interviewee.

Lehrer, James, interviewer.

Papp, Joseph, interviewee.

Searles, P. David, 1933- interviewee.

Witty, Ken, producer.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Rockettes (Dance company)

WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) producer.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.

Added Title

MacNeil/Lehrer report (Television program)

Research Call Number

NCOX 5104