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Channel 2 newsmakers.
- Title
- Channel 2 newsmakers. Interview with Joseph Papp, December 8, 1985 [videorecording] / produced by Channel 2 News ; producer, Norman Kramer ; directed by David Dewey.
- Publication
- New York, c1985.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Producer/director Joseph Papp discusses the current state of Broadway and his plans for the future with host Tony Guida and theater critics Clive Barnes and Samuel G. Freedman. Discussion includes the current development of the Times Square theater district and the resulting destruction of historic theaters; Papp's efforts to convince the city to intervene to protect the theaters, and his plan that would require real estate developers to contribute to a $50 million theatrical fund; the changing demographics of theatergoing audience; current playwriting in comparison with the plays written during the 1960s and '70s; the effect of high ticket prices on the kind of the shows produced on Broadway; more on Papp's plan which would have profitable Broadway shows underwrite serious dramatic plays.
- Papp also discusses the subsidization of theater; the economics of producing a show on Broadway in comparison with Off Broadway; how rising real estate prices affect nonprofit arts organizations; more on his view that the city must circumscribe business and real estate activities within the theater district; his plan to acquire the Belasco Theatre for the performance of Shakespearean plays for New York City high school students; the role of theater critics in making a show successful; and the economics of writing plays for Broadway in comparison with writing novels or screenplays.
- 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
- Channel 2 newsmakers (Television program)
- Alternative Title
- Channel 2 Newsmakers. Panel discussion with guest Joseph Papp and questions from Clive Barnes, New York Post and Samuel G. Freedman, New York Times
- New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage, December 8, 1985.
- Joseph Papp : related television coverage, December 8, 1985.
- Subjects
- Theater audiences > New York (State) > New York
- Historic sites > Law and legislation > New York (State) > New York
- Belasco Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
- Theater and society
- Historic buildings > New York (State) > New York
- New York Shakespeare Festival > Belasco Project
- Performing arts > Ticket prices
- New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
- Landmarks at risk
- Interviews
- Theater > New York (State) > New York > Economic aspects
- Papp, Joseph > Interviews
- Television
- Times Square (New York, N.Y.)
- Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
- Genre/Form
- Television.
- Interviews.
- Note
- This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
- Credits at end of tape.
- Television program taped off air. Program begins at 15:40. Includes commercials.
- Access (note)
- Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
- Event (note)
- Broadcast live on Channel 2, WCBS-TV on December 8, 1985.
- Call Number
- NCOX 5129
- OCLC
- NYPT04-F231
- Title
- Channel 2 newsmakers. Interview with Joseph Papp, December 8, 1985 [videorecording] / produced by Channel 2 News ; producer, Norman Kramer ; directed by David Dewey.
- Imprint
- New York, c1985.
- Series
- Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
- Access
- Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
- Performer
- Interviewers: Tony Guida, Clive Barnes and Samuel G. Freedman.
- Event
- Broadcast live on Channel 2, WCBS-TV on December 8, 1985.
- Added Author
- Papp, Joseph, interviewee.Guida, Tony, host.Guida, Tony, interviewer.Freedman, Samuel G., interviewer.Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008, interviewer.Kramer, Norman, producer.Dewey, David, director.Bauman, Lev, interviewee.WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
- Added Title
- Channel 2 newsmakers (Television program)New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage, December 8, 1985.Joseph Papp : related television coverage, December 8, 1985.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 5129