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A trip to the library: an evening of songs and readings
- Title
- A trip to the library: an evening of songs and readings [videorecording] / Presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
- Publication
- New York, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOV 3849 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (118 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Program devoted to the varied holdings of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, on the occasion of Lincoln Center's fiftieth anniversary. Composers and lyricists whose personal archives are held by the library are represented by performances of some of their songs. Theater luminaries such as John Gielgud, Lillian Gish, and critic Brooks Atkinson, are represented by readings from their correspondence, and there are also readings from the diaries of actess Uta Hagen and playwright John Van Druten. Actress Carroll Baker reminisces about the 1956 film Baby doll, in which she appeared.
- Subjects
- Baker, Carroll, 1931-
- Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 > Correspondence
- Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984 > Correspondence
- New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Van Druten, John, 1901-1957 > Diaries
- Baby doll (Motion picture : 1956)
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Hagen, Uta, 1919-2004 > Diaries
- Gielgud, John, 1904-2000 > Correspondence
- Note
- No credits on tape. Program information gathered from the files of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
- This program was one of a series called Lincoln Center: 50 Years.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer (note)
- Host and music director: Steve Ross.
- Readers: Richard Easton, Dana Ivey, and Carroll Baker.
- Singers: Gretchen Reinhagen, Frank Basile, Harry Crossfield, and Carole Demas.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Sep. 21, 2009.
- Call Number
- NCOV 3849
- OCLC
- 840828381
- Title
- A trip to the library: an evening of songs and readings [videorecording] / Presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
- Imprint
- New York, 2009.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Cast
- Host and music director: Steve Ross.Readers: Richard Easton, Dana Ivey, and Carroll Baker.Singers: Gretchen Reinhagen, Frank Basile, Harry Crossfield, and Carole Demas.
- Event
- Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Sep. 21, 2009.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Pally, Alan J, producer.Ross, Steve (Steven R.), 1938- host.Ross, Steve (Steven R.), 1938- music director.Ross, Steve (Steven R.), 1938- performer.Easton, Richard, 1933-2019, speaker.Ivey, Dana, speaker.Baker, Carroll, 1931- speaker.Reinhagen, Gretchen, performer.Basile, Frank, performer.Demas, Carole, performer.Crossfield, Harry, performer.New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, producer.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 3849