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Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Title
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 [videorecording] / Benjamin Mordecai, Laura Rafaty, Ric Wanetik, New York Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper Forum, in association with Harriet Newman Leve, Jeanne Rizzo, James D. Stern, Daryl Roth, Jo-Lynne Worley, Ronald A. Pizzuti, The Booking Office, Inc., Freddy Bienstock, present The New York Shakespeare Festival production ; a new play conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Publication
New York, c1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Mordecai, Benjamin
  • Rafaty, Laura, 1958-
  • Wanetik, Ric
  • Leve, Harriet Newman
  • Rizzo, Jeanne
  • Stern, James D
  • Roth, Daryl
  • Worley, Jo-Lynne
  • Pizzuti, Ronald A
  • Bienstock, Freddy
  • Smith, Anna Deavere.
  • Smith, Anna Deavere
  • Wolfe, George C
  • Arnone, John
  • James, Toni Leslie
  • Fisher, Jules
  • Eisenhauer, Peggy
  • Gromada, John
  • Blackstone, Wendy
  • Neufeld, Jane E.
  • Corwin, Betty L.
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.
  • Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.), producer.
  • Booking Office (Firm), producer.
  • Batwin + Robin Productions, projection design.
  • Parker/Hodges Productions.
  • Shubert Organization.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Description
2 videodiscs (DVD) (144 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Solo performance in which actor/playwright Anna Deavere Smith portrays a number of persons she interviewed in the wake of the civil unrest in Los Angeles, which followed the April 1992 verdict in the trial of four police officers accused of beating motorist Rodney King.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Note
  • A videorecording of the premiere staging of this material, taped at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles on July 11, 1993, is available on NCOV 1509. A videorecording of the Off-Broadway revival, taped at the Pershing Square Signature Center on Nov. 16, 2021, is available on NCOV 4315.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  • Scenic design, John Arnone ; costume design, Toni-Leslie James ; lighting design, Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer ; sound design, John Gromada ; original music, Wendy Blackstone ; projections and video, Batwin + Robin Productions, Inc. ; prod. stage manager, Jane E. Neufeld.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Cort Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 18, 1994.
Funding (note)
  • Recorded with the financial assistance of The Shubert Organization.
Call Number
NCOV 1669
OCLC
NYPG05-F11500
Title
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 [videorecording] / Benjamin Mordecai, Laura Rafaty, Ric Wanetik, New York Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper Forum, in association with Harriet Newman Leve, Jeanne Rizzo, James D. Stern, Daryl Roth, Jo-Lynne Worley, Ronald A. Pizzuti, The Booking Office, Inc., Freddy Bienstock, present The New York Shakespeare Festival production ; a new play conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Imprint
New York, c1994.
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Scenic design, John Arnone ; costume design, Toni-Leslie James ; lighting design, Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer ; sound design, John Gromada ; original music, Wendy Blackstone ; projections and video, Batwin + Robin Productions, Inc. ; prod. stage manager, Jane E. Neufeld.
Performer
Performed by Anna Deavere Smith.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Cort Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 18, 1994.
Funding
Recorded with the financial assistance of The Shubert Organization.
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Added Author
Mordecai, Benjamin, producer.
Rafaty, Laura, 1958- producer.
Wanetik, Ric, producer.
Leve, Harriet Newman, producer.
Rizzo, Jeanne, producer.
Stern, James D, producer.
Roth, Daryl, producer.
Worley, Jo-Lynne, producer.
Pizzuti, Ronald A, producer.
Bienstock, Freddy, producer.
Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
Smith, Anna Deavere, actor.
Smith, Anna Deavere, conceptor.
Wolfe, George C, director.
Arnone, John, set designer.
James, Toni Leslie, costume designer.
Fisher, Jules, lighting designer.
Eisenhauer, Peggy, lighting designer.
Gromada, John, sound designer.
Blackstone, Wendy, composer.
Neufeld, Jane E., production stage manager.
Corwin, Betty L.
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.
Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.), producer.
Booking Office (Firm), producer.
Batwin + Robin Productions, projection design.
Parker/Hodges Productions.
Shubert Organization.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Research Call Number
NCOV 1669
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