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The 1998 Easter Bonnet competition

Title: The 1998 Easter Bonnet competition [videorecording] / Presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ; produced by Michael Graziano and Tom Viola ; directed by Sam Ellis and Tom Viola ; [video prod. company] Broadway Beat.
Publication: New York, c1998.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (155 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

Benefit performance featuring songs, dances, and comedy sketches. Performers from Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals compete to create the most original Easter Bonnet, with the results presented at the conclusion of each act. The proceeds from the event go to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Series Statement

Easter Bonnet Competition for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Alternative Title

The 12th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Note

Minimal credits on tape.
Performers include cast members from the shows Rent, Miss Saigon, The life, The lion king, Jekyll & Hyde, Tony 'n' Tina's wedding, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Cats, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Forbidden Broadway, Beauty and the beast, Shakespeare's R&J, Ragtime, Howard Crabtree's When pigs fly, The Sunshine Boys, 1776, Titanic, Les miserables, The old neighborhood, Chicago, The phantom of the opera, and I love you, you're perfect, now change.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Opening number created by Christopher Gattelli (choreography) and Seth Rudetsky (lyrics and arrangement) ; production supervisor, Jeff Lee ; stage managers, Louise Currie, Lynda J. Fox, Michael Pule, and Doc Zorthian.

Performer (note)

Intro: Richie Ridge.
Hosts: Rebecca Luker, John Vickery, Tyne Daly, Douglas Sills, Christiane Noll, Gary Beach, Kelly Bishop, T. Scott Cunningham, Debra Monk, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Judy Blazer, Alan Cumming, Ednita Nazario, and Rubén Blades.
Announcer: Patrick Quinn.
Presenters: Nathan Lane and Liza Minnelli.
Ziegfeld Girls: Doris Eaton Travis, Nona Otero Friedman, Yvonne Arden Hyde, Eleanor Dana O'Connell, and Lucille Layton Zinman.
Performers include Marin Mazzie, Mara Stephens, Stacy Francis, Lori Hammel, Christine Pedi, Deborah Gibson, Sean Dugan, Danny Gurwin, Greg Shamie, Daniel J. Shore, Stanley Bojarski, Keith Cromwell, Blake Hammond, David Pevsner, Jay Rogers, Michael West, Jack Klugman, Tony Randall, William Duell, Mary McCann, Jim Frangione, Kelly Mares, and Patti LuPone.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 14, 1998.

Biography (note)

This performance is the first Easter Bonnet competition to take place at the recently refurbished New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street, once the home of the Ziegfeld Follies. In honor of the occasion five original Ziegfeld Girls make an appearance, and one, Doris Eaton Travis, performs a dance routine.

Call Number

NCOV 2759

OCLC

166585519

Title

The 1998 Easter Bonnet competition [videorecording] / Presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ; produced by Michael Graziano and Tom Viola ; directed by Sam Ellis and Tom Viola ; [video prod. company] Broadway Beat.

Imprint

New York, c1998.

Series

Easter Bonnet Competition for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Opening number created by Christopher Gattelli (choreography) and Seth Rudetsky (lyrics and arrangement) ; production supervisor, Jeff Lee ; stage managers, Louise Currie, Lynda J. Fox, Michael Pule, and Doc Zorthian.

Performer

Intro: Richie Ridge.

Hosts: Rebecca Luker, John Vickery, Tyne Daly, Douglas Sills, Christiane Noll, Gary Beach, Kelly Bishop, T. Scott Cunningham, Debra Monk, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Judy Blazer, Alan Cumming, Ednita Nazario, and Rubén Blades.

Announcer: Patrick Quinn.

Presenters: Nathan Lane and Liza Minnelli.

Ziegfeld Girls: Doris Eaton Travis, Nona Otero Friedman, Yvonne Arden Hyde, Eleanor Dana O'Connell, and Lucille Layton Zinman.

Performers include Marin Mazzie, Mara Stephens, Stacy Francis, Lori Hammel, Christine Pedi, Deborah Gibson, Sean Dugan, Danny Gurwin, Greg Shamie, Daniel J. Shore, Stanley Bojarski, Keith Cromwell, Blake Hammond, David Pevsner, Jay Rogers, Michael West, Jack Klugman, Tony Randall, William Duell, Mary McCann, Jim Frangione, Kelly Mares, and Patti LuPone.

Event

Videotaped at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 14, 1998.

Biography

This performance is the first Easter Bonnet competition to take place at the recently refurbished New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street, once the home of the Ziegfeld Follies. In honor of the occasion five original Ziegfeld Girls make an appearance, and one, Doris Eaton Travis, performs a dance routine.

Local Note

Gift of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

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Added Author

Graziano, Michael, producer.

Viola, Tom, producer.

Viola, Tom, director.

Ellis, Sam, director.

Gattelli, Christopher, choreographer.

Rudetsky, Seth, lyricist.

Rudetsky, Seth, arranger of music.

Lee, Jeff, production personnel.

Currie, Louise, stage manager.

Fox, Lynda J., stage manager.

Pule, Michael, stage manager.

Zorthian, Doc, stage manager.

Ridge, Richie.

Luker, Rebecca, host.

Vickery, John, 1950- host.

Daly, Tyne, host.

Sills, Douglas, host.

Noll, Christiane, host.

Beach, Gary, host.

Bishop, Kelly, host.

Cunningham, T. Scott, host.

Monk, Debra, 1949- host.

Mitchell, Brian Stokes, host.

Blazer, Judith, host.

O'Connell, Dana, host.

Cumming, Alan, 1965- host.

Nazario, Ednita, host.

Blades, Rubén, host.

Quinn, Patrick, 1950-2006, narrator.

Lane, Nathan, 1956- presenter.

Minnelli, Liza, presenter.

Travis, Doris Eaton, 1904-2010, performer.

Friedman, Nona Otero, performer.

Hyde, Yvonne Arden, performer.

O'Connell, Dana, performer.

Zinman, Lucille Layton, performer.

Mazzie, Marin, performer.

Stephens, Mara, performer.

Francis, Stacy, 1969- performer.

Hammel, Lori, performer.

Pedi, Christine, performer.

Gibson, Debbie, 1970- performer.

Dugan, Sean, performer.

Gurwin, Danny, performer.

Shamie, Greg, performer.

Shore, Daniel J., performer.

Bojarski, Stanley, performer.

Cromwell, Keith, performer.

Hammond, Blake, performer.

Pevsner, David, performer.

Rogers, Jay, performer.

West, Michael, performer.

Klugman, Jack, performer.

Randall, Tony, performer.

Duell, William, 1923-2011, performer.

McCann, Mary, performer.

Frangione, James, performer.

Mares, Kelly, performer.

LuPone, Patti, performer.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), producer.

Broadway Beat (Firm)

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), donor.

Research Call Number

NCOV 2759

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