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Joseph Papp : related television coverage from New York and Washington, D.C.

Title: Joseph Papp : related television coverage from New York and Washington, D.C., September 12, 1984 to May 19, 1985 [videorecording]
Publication: New York, 1984-1985.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (61 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Compilation of television coverage related to theatrical producer Joseph Papp. Eleven segments from New York and Washington D.C. aired September 12, 1984 to May 19, 1985.

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

Joseph Papp related tape #1, permanent storage 9/12/84 to 5/20/85

Subjects

Genre/Form

Televison.
Interviews.

Note

Dubbed compilation of segments taped off air.
No credits on tape; title supplied by cataloger.
These videos separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
Segment one: The today show, aired Channel 4, WNBC-TV, 9/12/84. Bryant Gumbel interviews theatrical producers Joseph Papp and Yevgeny Simonov live in Moscow. Discussion includes Papp's plan to produce the Soviet play by Viktor Rozov, The nest of the wood grouse, in the United States. The two also discuss the exchange of culture between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Segment two: CBS news nightwatch, aired Channel 2, WCBS-TV, 10/23/84. Charlie Rose interviews Joseph Papp concerning his new production of the Soviet play The Nest of the wood grouse starring Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach. Papp discusses its playwright Viktor Rozov and his efforts to obtain the rights to the work from Soviet officials, as well as the state of American theater and his desire to build a national theater. Includes performance footage.
Segment three: Channel 4 news, aired Channel 4, Washington, D.C., ca. October 1984. Interview with Joseph Papp re: The nest of the wood grouse, currently playing at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Segment includes report on Broadway's current economic woes and discussion with Papp about his desire to form a national theater.
Segment four: The morning show, aired Channel 7, WABC-TV, 3/7/85. Regis Philbin interviews Papp and Harry Belafonte concerning the multi-star recording We are the children and their planned Oxfam benefit for African famine relief at the Shubert Theater.
Segment five: Weekend style, aired Channel 7, WABC-TV, 3/9/85. Interview with Joseph Papp re: Oxfam benefit at the Shubert Theater.
Segment six: NBC nightly news, aired Channel 4, WNBC-TV, 4/12/85. Special segment, Broadway blues about the lack of successful new musicals on Broadway. Includes excerpt from the musical Grind and interview with producer Harold Prince; also includes short clip of Joseph Papp and A chorus line.
Segment seven: Showbiz today, aired CNN, 4/12/85. Interview with Joseph Papp re: Broadway's current woes which include the view, held by some, that no show deserves to be nominated for a Tony Award this year.
Segment eight: New York Telephone commercial, dated 2/11/85. Sixty-second version featuring theatrical producer Joseph Papp. Commercial shows a young Broadway hopeful and her use of New York Telephone.
Segment nine: News4 New York, aired Channel 4, WNBC-TV, 5/19/85. Coverage and clips from Comic relief, a fund raising benefit for the AIDS Medical Foundation at the Shubert Theater. Includes clip of Joseph Papp, Gail Merrifield Papp and Larry Kramer.
Segment ten: Entertainment tonight, aired Channel 7, WABC-TV, 5/20/85. Coverage and clips from AIDS fund raiser Comic relief. Includes brief interview with Joseph Papp.
Segment eleven: News at five, aired Channel 2, WCBS-TV, 5/14/85. Dennis Cunningham's special report on the 1960s which includes interviews with Joseph Papp, one of the original producers of Hair, and composer Galt MacDermot. Includes excerpts from Hair.

Call Number

NCOX 5038

OCLC

NYPG05-F10913

Title

Joseph Papp : related television coverage from New York and Washington, D.C., September 12, 1984 to May 19, 1985 [videorecording]

Imprint

New York, 1984-1985.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

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

Added Author

Papp, Joseph, interviewee.

MacDermot, Galt, interviewee.

WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.

WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Cable News Network, producer.

WNYW-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Research Call Number

NCOX 5038

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