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Slab boys (excerpts + review) and Annie (closing night excerpts)

Title: Slab boys (excerpts + review) and Annie (closing night excerpts) [videorecording].
Publication: New York, 1983.

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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	NCOX 662	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

1 videocassette (U-matic) (37 min.) : sound, color; 3/4 in.

Summary

Excerpts from the Broadway production of John Byrne's drama Slab boys, which opened at the Playhouse Theatre on March 7, 1983, and closed on April 17, 1983. This footage ends at 24:35, and is followed by unedited footage of critic Joel Siegel delivering a review of the play. This ends at 27:15.
Excerpts from the final performance of the original Broadway production of Annie. Cast members perform the final scene, and take their bows. The show's director/lyricist Martin Charnin joins the performers for the curtain call, and also introduces choreographer Peter Gennaro.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Drama.
Musicals.
Trailers and promo's.

Note

No credits on tape. Production information gathered from the files of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Audio quality is erratic during the first portion of Slab boys, until 2:40. Footage then repeats, with improved audio.
Audio quality is poor throughout the Annie segment.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Slab boys: written by John Byrne, directed by Robert Allan Ackerman.
Annie: book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin. Directed by Martin Charnin.

Performer (note)

Slab boys: Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn, Jackie Earle Haley, Val Kilmer, Merwin Goldsmith, Brian Benben, and Beverly May.
Annie: performers include Harve Presnell, Alyson Kirk, June Havoc, Raymond Thorne, and Lauren Mitchell.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Playhouse Theatre, March 1983, and at the Uris Theatre, January 2, 1983.

Call Number

NCOX 662

OCLC

1465425906

Title

Slab boys (excerpts + review) and Annie (closing night excerpts) [videorecording].

Imprint

New York, 1983.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videocassette

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Slab boys: written by John Byrne, directed by Robert Allan Ackerman.

Cast

Slab boys: Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn, Jackie Earle Haley, Val Kilmer, Merwin Goldsmith, Brian Benben, and Beverly May.

Credits

Annie: book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin. Directed by Martin Charnin.

Cast

Annie: performers include Harve Presnell, Alyson Kirk, June Havoc, Raymond Thorne, and Lauren Mitchell.

Event

Videotaped at the Playhouse Theatre, March 1983, and at the Uris Theatre, January 2, 1983.

Local Note

Gift of Joel Siegel.

Added Author

Byrne, John, 1940- Slab boys.

Ackerman, Robert Allan, director.

Bacon, Kevin, 1958- actor.

Penn, Sean, 1960- actor.

Haley, Jackie Earle, 1961- actor.

Kilmer, Val, 1959- actor.

Goldsmith, Merwin, actor.

Benben, Brian, 1956- actor.

May, Beverly, 1927- actor.

Strouse, Charles. Annie.

Meehan, Thomas, librettist.

Charnin, Martin, lyricist.

Charnin, Martin, director.

Charnin, Martin, speaker.

Presnell, Harve, performer.

Kirk, Alyson, performer.

Havoc, June, performer.

Thorne, Raymond, performer.

Mitchell, Lauren, performer.

Siegel, Joel, 1943-2007, reviewer.

Gennaro, Peter, 1919-2000.

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

Siegel, Joel, 1943-2007, donor.

Research Call Number

NCOX 662

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