Box 01
Contains 14 Results:
Theater Programs and Playbills
The collection consists primarily of theater playbills and programs from plays (including musical plays) for Southern California and New York City productions, with other U.S. and European productions also represented. Many of the programs were published through the journals Playbill and The Playgoer (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.). The collection also includes single journal issues.
Playbills and programs, 1973-1976
The materials include Performing Arts playbills for three different shows, including A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Streetcar Named Desire, and A Matter of Gravity. The programs feature the cast list and production crew list as well as some production pictures and usually an article related to the central theme of the play, as well as other articles.
Performing Arts programs, 1977
The materials include Performing Arts playbills for four different shows, including The Guardsman, Bubbling Brown Sugar, The Wiz, and The Act. The programs feature the cast list and production crew list, and some feature actor bios and an article about the playwright and the play. Also included on the covers are the names of the theaters where these shows performed.
Performing Arts playbills, 1979-1987
The Playgoer playbills, 1953-1955
The materials include Playgoer playbills for five different shows, including Top Banana, Gigi, a performance by Marcel Marceau and his partners, Point of No Return, and several performances by Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens in scenes from several Dickens' books. The play programs feature the cast and production crew lists, a list of the scenes locations, and actor bios. The Marcel Marceau program lists what he will be doing. All these shows performed at the Biltmore Theatre.
The Playgoer programs, 1956-1958
The materials include Playgoer playbills for many different shows, including The Great Sebastians, Long Days Journey Into Night, The Lark, No Time For Sergeants, and many others. The play programs feature the cast and production crew lists, a list of the scenes locations, and actor bios. All these shows performed at the Biltmore Theatre.
The Playgoer programs, 1959-1961
The materials include Playgoer playbills for many different shows, including Sunrise at Campobello, The Visit, The Hostage, Sweet Bird of Youth, and many others. The play programs feature the cast and production crew lists, a list of the scenes locations, and actor bios. All these shows performed at the Biltmore Theatre.
Miscellaneous Playgoer programs, 1943-1952
The materials include various Playgoer playbills for many different shows, including Affairs of State, The Desk Set, Pal Joey, Dark of the Moon, Adam Ate the Apple, and many others. The play programs feature the cast and production crew lists, a list of the scenes locations, and actor bios, and these shows performed at different theaters, including El Capitan Theatre, Le Grande Theatre, Carthay Circle Theatre, and others.
Huntington Hartford Theatre programs, 1955-1956
The materials include Playgoer playbills for four different shows, including The World of Carl Sandburg, based on the works of Carl Sandburg, A Day by The Sea, Anastasia, and Inherit the Wind. The play programs feature the cast and production crew lists, a list of the scenes locations, and actor bios. All of the shows performed at the Huntington Hartford Theatre.
The Playgoer programs, 1956
The materials include Playgoer playbills for four different shows, including, The Apple Cart, The Chalk Garden, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Fallen Angels. The play programs feature the cast and production crew lists, a list of the scenes locations, and actor bios. All of the shows performed at the Huntington Hartford Theatre.