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Howard Bay designs and technical drawings

Title: Howard Bay designs and technical drawings, 1934-1985.
Author: Bay, Howard
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 43	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 43	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 42	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 42	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 41	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 41	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 40	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 40	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 39	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 39	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 38	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 38	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 37	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 37	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 36	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 36	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 35	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 35	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 34	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 34	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 33	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 33	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 32	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 32	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 31	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 31	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 30	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 30	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 29	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 29	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 28	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 28	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 27	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 27	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 26	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 26	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 25	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 25	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 24	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 1986-007 Box 24	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Description

53 linear feet (40 boxes)

Summary

Original designs form the bulk of this collection covering Howard Bay's varied career as set designer and professor.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Awards.
Clippings.
Correspondence.
Design drawings.
Detail drawings (drawings)
Diazotypes.
Elevations.
Photographs.
Preliminary drawings (drawings)
Preliminary sketches (sketches)
Programs.
Renderings.
Technical drawings.

Biography (note)

Howard Bay (1912-1986), whose career spanned more than fifty years, was considered by some to be the dean of American stage designers.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

*T-Vim 1986-007

OCLC

NYPG06-A64

Author

Bay, Howard.

Title

Howard Bay designs and technical drawings, 1934-1985.

Biography

Howard Bay (1912-1986), whose career spanned more than fifty years, was considered by some to be the dean of American stage designers. Bay's set and lighting arrangements were used in some 170 Broadway shows. He received two Tony Awards as a scenic designer; the first for his work on Lillian Hellman's play, Toys in the Attic (1960), and the second, for Man of La Mancha (1966), the musical written by Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion, and Dale Wasserman. Other notable work for musical theater included the designs for the original productions of Carmen Jones (1943), Oscar Hammerstein's adaptation of the George Bizet opera, Carmen, Up in Central Park (1945) by Sigmund Romberg and Herbert and Dorothy Fields, Meredith Willson's The Music Man (1957), and Milk & Honey (1961) by Jerry Herman and Don Appell. In addition to original productions, Bay worked on revivals of Show Boat (1946) by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, Finian's Rainbow (1955) by Burton Lane and Yip Harburg, and Pal Joey (1963) by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart on Broadway and at City Center. He also worked on numerous dramatic productions, including both the original version and the revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes (1939; 1946), William Inge's Come Back, Little Sheba (1950), and the American premiere of Peter Shaffer's Equus (1974). As a designer, he is remembered for his practical and realistic approach. Bay's designs have been used for operas, films, touring productions, and television productions. He also taught set design at various schools, spending fourteen years at Brandeis University.

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Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Occupation

Set designers.

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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Toys in the attic.

Darion, Joe, 1917-2001. Man of La Mancha.

Leigh, Mitch, 1928-2014. Man of La Mancha.

Wasserman, Dale. Man of La Mancha.

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen (Carmen Jones)

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. Carmen Jones.

Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974. Up in Central Park.

Fields, Herbert, 1897-1958. Up in Central Park.

Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951. Up in Central Park.

Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. Music man.

Appell, Don. Milk and honey.

Herman, Jerry, 1931-2019. Milk and honey.

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. Show boat.

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Show boat.

Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981. Finian's rainbow.

Lane, Burton, 1912-1997. Finian's rainbow.

Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943. Pal Joey.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Pal Joey.

Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Little foxes.

Inge, William. Come back little Sheba.

Shaffer, Peter, 1926-2016. Equus.

Research Call Number

*T-Vim 1986-007

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