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Today in New York.
- Title
- Today in New York. Central Park [videorecording] / produced by Don Luftig and Ponchitta Pierce; directed by Don Luftig.
- Publication
- New York, c1982.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (9 min.) sd., col. SP ; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Producer/director Joseph Papp and New York Parks Commissioner Gordon Davis discuss Central Park with host Ponchitta Pierce. Papp speaks of spending time in the city's parks as a child; the parks as a haven for the poor and the parks' current condition; his conflict with former Parks Commissioner Robert Moses over charging admission to plays in Central Park; the building of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park; a similar struggle with Mayor Ed Koch over charging admission to plays; the elimination of city funding for New York Shakespeare Festival performances in Central Park, now self-supported with proceeds from its commercially successful shows; and the offerings at the Delacorte Theater this summer. Davis discusses his 10-year plan to rebuild Central Park funded largely by private sources and his various other planned projects; attending New York Shakespeare Festival plays at the Delacorte and his admiration for Papp.
- 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
- Alternative Title
- Joe Papp re: Delacorte Ch. 4 4/29/82. Ch. 2 News-budget cuts. 3/13/83
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Talk shows.
- Television.
- Note
- This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
- Credits at end of program.
- Television segment taped off air. Includes commercials. Today in New York segment with Joseph Papp begins at 26:03 and ends at 35:00. Remainder of tape contains extraneous material.
- Access (note)
- Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
- Performer (note)
- Host: Ponchitta Pierce.
- Event (note)
- First broadcast on WNBC-TV, Channel 4, New York, N.Y., on April 29, 1982.
- Call Number
- NCOX 5257
- OCLC
- NYPT04-F142
- Title
- Today in New York. Central Park [videorecording] / produced by Don Luftig and Ponchitta Pierce; directed by Don Luftig.
- Imprint
- New York, c1982.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Series
- Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
- Access
- Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
- Performer
- Host: Ponchitta Pierce.
- Event
- First broadcast on WNBC-TV, Channel 4, New York, N.Y., on April 29, 1982.
- Added Author
- Papp, Joseph, interviewee.Davis, Gordon J., interviewee.Pierce, Ponchitta Anne, 1942- host, producer.Luftig, Don, producer, director.WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 5257