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Once on this island : the original Broadway cast reunion

Title
Once on this island : the original Broadway cast reunion [videorecording] / Produced by Andrew Kato and the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS team ; book and lyrics, Lynn Ahrens ; music by Stephen Flaherty ; based upon the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy ; benefit staging by Gerry McIntyre ; originally directed and choreographed by Graciela Daniele ; [video director] Bradshaw Smith ; [video prod. company] Broadway Beat Productions.
Publication
New York, c2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Kato, Andrew
  • Flaherty, Stephen.
  • Ahrens, Lynn
  • Guy, Rosa.
  • McIntyre, Gerry
  • Daniele, Graciela, 1939-
  • Marzullo, Steve
  • Sosa, Emilio
  • McCarthy, Ed
  • Cassidy, Craig
  • Starobin, Michael
  • Weitzman, Ira.
  • Russell, Kimberly
  • Belcon, Natalie Venetia
  • LaChanze
  • Cintron, Monique
  • Dixon, Jerry
  • Gibbs, Sheila
  • Lewis-Evans, Kecia
  • McClendon, Afi
  • Nealy, Milton Craig
  • Riley, Eric
  • Samuel, Malika
  • Williams, Ellis E
  • White, Lillias
  • Smith, Bradshaw
  • Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), producer.
  • Broadway Beat (Firm)
  • Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), donor.
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (100 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This semi-staged concert performance of Once on this island featuring most of the original Broadway cast was staged as a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Musicals.
Note
  • No production credits on tape. Information gathered from program.
  • A videorecording of the original Off-Broadway production of this show, taped at Playwrights Horizons on May 13, 1990, is available on NCOV 891.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  • Music direction by Steve Marzullo ; costume coordinator, Emilio Sosa ; lighting designer, Ed McCarthy ; sound consultant, Craig Cassidy ; musical arrangements by Michael Starobin ; creative consultant, Ira Weitzman ; prod. stage manager, Kimberly Russell.
Performer (note)
  • Natalie Venetia Belcon, LaChanze, Monique Cintron, Jerry Dixon, Sheila Gibbs, Kecia Lewis, Afi McClendon, Gerry McIntyre, Milton Craig Nealy, Eric Riley, Malika Samuel, Ellis E. Williams.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 12, 2002.
Biography (note)
  • Once on this island began as an Off-Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons in 1990. The Broadway production opened at the Booth Theatre on Oct. 18, 1990 and ran until Dec. 1, 1991.
Call Number
NCOV 2787
OCLC
NYPG05-F27
Title
Once on this island : the original Broadway cast reunion [videorecording] / Produced by Andrew Kato and the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS team ; book and lyrics, Lynn Ahrens ; music by Stephen Flaherty ; based upon the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy ; benefit staging by Gerry McIntyre ; originally directed and choreographed by Graciela Daniele ; [video director] Bradshaw Smith ; [video prod. company] Broadway Beat Productions.
Imprint
New York, c2002.
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Music direction by Steve Marzullo ; costume coordinator, Emilio Sosa ; lighting designer, Ed McCarthy ; sound consultant, Craig Cassidy ; musical arrangements by Michael Starobin ; creative consultant, Ira Weitzman ; prod. stage manager, Kimberly Russell.
Cast
Natalie Venetia Belcon, LaChanze, Monique Cintron, Jerry Dixon, Sheila Gibbs, Kecia Lewis, Afi McClendon, Gerry McIntyre, Milton Craig Nealy, Eric Riley, Malika Samuel, Ellis E. Williams.
Performer
Special appearances: Lillias White, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Graciela Daniele, Ira Weitzman.
Event
Videotaped at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 12, 2002.
Biography
Once on this island began as an Off-Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons in 1990. The Broadway production opened at the Booth Theatre on Oct. 18, 1990 and ran until Dec. 1, 1991.
Local Note
Gift of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
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Added Author
Kato, Andrew, producer.
Flaherty, Stephen. Once on this island.
Ahrens, Lynn, librettist.
Ahrens, Lynn, lyricist.
Guy, Rosa.
McIntyre, Gerry, staging.
McIntyre, Gerry, performer.
Daniele, Graciela, 1939-
Marzullo, Steve, conductor.
Sosa, Emilio, costume designer.
McCarthy, Ed, lighting designer.
Cassidy, Craig, sound consultant.
Starobin, Michael, arranger of music.
Weitzman, Ira.
Russell, Kimberly, production stage manager.
Belcon, Natalie Venetia, performer.
LaChanze, performer.
Cintron, Monique, performer.
Dixon, Jerry, performer.
Gibbs, Sheila, performer.
Lewis-Evans, Kecia, performer.
McClendon, Afi, performer.
Nealy, Milton Craig, performer.
Riley, Eric, performer.
Samuel, Malika, performer.
Williams, Ellis E, performer.
White, Lillias, performer.
Smith, Bradshaw, videographer.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), producer.
Broadway Beat (Firm)
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), donor.
Research Call Number
NCOV 2787
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