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Broadway extra.

Title: Broadway extra. Joseph Papp's mobile theater [videorecording] / produced for WNEW-TV, New York.
Publication: New York, 1978.

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Description

1 videocassette (5 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Summary

Doris McMillon reports on the New York Shakespeare Festival's Mobile Theater production called An evening at the New Rican Village. The production features a variety of poetry, dance and music performances celebrating contemporary Latino culture. Includes brief interviews with director Ed Figueroa and producer Joseph 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

August 27, 1978, Broadway extra, WNEW-TV 5, NYSF Mobile Theater New Rican Village

Subjects

Genre/Form

Video.
Television.

Note

This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
For performance An evening at the New Rican Village see NCOV 5001.

Access (note)

Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Event (note)

First broadcast, WNEW-TV, Channel 5, New York, N.Y. on August 18, 1978.

Biography (note)

The New York Shakespeare Festival's Mobile Theater grew out of producer Joseph Papp's desire to bring Shakespeare to all of the residents of New York City. Papp's first mobile theater was converted from a 35-foot trailer truck, and his 1957 summer production of Romeo and Juliet toured the five boroughs of New York. In an effort to develop an uptown Manhattan audience Papp established the base of his operation in Central Park. With no permit, his mobile theater remained on the site, which would later accommodate the Delacorte Theater, for the next five years. In 1964 Papp persuaded publisher George Delacorte to fund a newly designed mobile theater. The caravan, designed by Ming Cho Lee included a 40-foot long vehicle containing a fold-out stage and others containing dressing dooms, stadium seating for 1,600, a lighting and sound center and a generator. Papp arranged for several Spanish language tours for his second mobile theater. Papp's productions were usually well received, but occasionally audiences would throw rocks at the stage and shows had to be cancelled. Papp's mobile theater ran for two over decades. The last production Romeo and Juliet was in 1987.

Call Number

NCOX 5314

OCLC

NYPG05-F10794

Title

Broadway extra. Joseph Papp's mobile theater [videorecording] / produced for WNEW-TV, New York.

Imprint

New York, 1978.

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.

Event

First broadcast, WNEW-TV, Channel 5, New York, N.Y. on August 18, 1978.

Biography

The New York Shakespeare Festival's Mobile Theater grew out of producer Joseph Papp's desire to bring Shakespeare to all of the residents of New York City. Papp's first mobile theater was converted from a 35-foot trailer truck, and his 1957 summer production of Romeo and Juliet toured the five boroughs of New York. In an effort to develop an uptown Manhattan audience Papp established the base of his operation in Central Park. With no permit, his mobile theater remained on the site, which would later accommodate the Delacorte Theater, for the next five years. In 1964 Papp persuaded publisher George Delacorte to fund a newly designed mobile theater. The caravan, designed by Ming Cho Lee included a 40-foot long vehicle containing a fold-out stage and others containing dressing dooms, stadium seating for 1,600, a lighting and sound center and a generator. Papp arranged for several Spanish language tours for his second mobile theater. Papp's productions were usually well received, but occasionally audiences would throw rocks at the stage and shows had to be cancelled. Papp's mobile theater ran for two over decades. The last production Romeo and Juliet was in 1987.

Added Author

Figueroa, Eduardo, interviewee.

Papp, Joseph, interviewee.

McMillon, Doris, interviewer.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. Mobile Theater.

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

Research Call Number

NCOX 5314

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