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Joseph Papp : related television coverage
- Title
- Joseph Papp : related television coverage, February 22 and March 25, 1984 [videorecording]
- Publication
- New York, 1984.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Videocassette 2 | Moving image | By appointment only | NCOX 5299 A.O. Videocassette 2 | Offsite | |
| Videodisc 1 | Moving image | By appointment only | NCOX 5299 Videodisc 1 | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (11 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- 1 videocassette (5 min.) : sd., col. ;
- Summary
- Videodisc one: CBS news nightwatch, aired Channel 2, 2/22/84. Charlie Rose interviews theatrical producer Joseph Papp concerning a national theater. Papp discusses the current state of Broadway, including its high ticket prices, its loss of a local, middle-class audience, and its economic pressures to produce musicals in favor of serious dramatic plays. Papp also discusses his 1982 confrontation with real estate developers intent on destroying two historic Broadway theaters; his desire to form a national theater company which would perform in certain Broadway theaters; and his view that a diminished New York City theater audience must be reconstituted among its schoolchildren. Includes footage from Papp's 1982 demonstration.
- Videocassette two: CBS news nightwatch, aired Channel 2, 2/22/84. Charlie Rose interviews theatrical producer Joseph Papp concerning a national theater. Entertainment tonight, aired Channel 7, 3/25/84. Coverage of the Save the Theaters demonstration and party at Lincoln Center for opening of Places please. Visual quality is extremely poor; playback of videocassette two is unadvisable.
- 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
- CBS News Nightwatch, Interview with Joseph Papp re: national theater with footage of Morosco rally
- CBS News Nightwatch, 2/22/84 re: national theatre (footage of Morosco rally); also: Ch. 7, Entertainment tonight re: Save the theaters party at Lincoln Center for opening of Places please, Broadway's historic theaters.
- Subjects
- Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
- Papp, Joseph > Interviews
- Theater audiences > New York (State) > New York
- Interviews
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Historic buildings > New York (State) > New York
- Performing arts > Ticket prices
- Television
- Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York
- New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
- Theater and society
- Genre/Form
- Television.
- Interviews.
- Note
- No credits on tape; title supplied by cataloger.
- Tapes contain dubbed segments taped off air.
- These videos separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
- Access (note)
- Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing videocassette two.
- Call Number
- NCOX 5299
- OCLC
- NYPG05-F10905
- Title
- Joseph Papp : related television coverage, February 22 and March 25, 1984 [videorecording]
- Imprint
- New York, 1984.
- 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 videocassette two.
- Added Author
- Papp, Joseph, interviewee.Rose, Charlie, interviewer.New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 5299