Box 01

Scope and Contents

Performing arts magazines from various theatres across the Southern California area. Information includes a synopsis and cast and character bios for the different shows being performed.

Scope and Contents

Performing arts magazines from various theatres across the Southern California area. Information includes a synopsis and cast and character bios for the different shows being performed.

Abstract

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.

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents The materials include Performing Arts playbills for five different shows, including Dancin', I Ought To Be In Pictures, A Chorus Line, Extremities, Romeo and Juliet, which performed on the mainstage at South Coast Reperatory and Cold Sweat which played on the second stage. 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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.