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Descriptive Summary
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Creator: |
Actors' Equity Association
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Title: |
Actors' Equity Association: Theatrical Programs
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Dates: |
1915-2001 |
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Abstract: |
Actors' Equity Association (AEA) is the union of professional legitimate stage actors and stage managers. AEA negotiates
contracts and agreements that often affect a productions theatre program. Over the years rules regarding billing, program
biographies, and Equity recognition in programs have become part of these contracts and agreements. The Actors' Equity Association
Theatrical Programs collection is made up of programs collected by the organization, its employees and friends from 1915 to
2001. The collection includes programs for productions in New York City, at regional theatres around the country as well as
touring productions and Equity Library Theatre. The collection demonstrates the enormity and diversity of theatre in America
during the 20th Century.
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Quantity: |
61 linear feet (61 boxes) |
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Call Phrase: |
Wagner # 257 |
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Historical/Biographical Note
Actors' Equity Association (AEA) is the union of professional legitimate stage actors and stage managers. It was founded
in New York City in May 1913, but did not gain full recognition as the bargaining agent for actors until the historic strike
of 1919.
AEA negotiates contracts and agreements that often affect a productions theatre program. Over the years rules regarding billing,
program biographies, and Equity recognition in programs have become part of these contracts and agreements.
The bulk of the programs in this collection came from Paul Ross. An Equity stage manager, Ross was the publisher of the Players' Guide, a compilation of actors' photographs and credits arranged by sex and type. He collected these programs from Equity representatives
who attended shows as well as from his own participation. He used them primarily to check credits for inclusion in the guide.
The staff of Actors' Equity also uses programs to determine if all contractual obligations have been fulfilled and if a member
is under the correct contract (principal or chorus). Some of the programs in the collection, most often from the 1930s, include
notes but it is unclear under what circumstances these notes occurred since Equity would usually put a program with notes
in an individual production file.
Demonstrating the enormity and diversity of theatre in America during the 20th Century, the collection gives more than just
a list of players in a given production. The programs offer a look into how productions were presented, how advertising changed
over the years, and how some productions continue to be produced generation after generation.
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Scope and Content Note
The Actors' Equity Association Theatrical Programs collection is made up of programs collected by the organization, its employees
and friends from 1915 to 2001.
Series: I. New York City, Regional Theatres and Touring Productions/Companies, consists of programs for productions produced in New York City, theatres around the country, touring productions including
out-of-town tryouts, and touring companies. The series is arranged alphabetically. The general files that begin each letter
are chronological then followed by an alphabetical list of productions and companies. A production is listed individually
primarily if it has had more than one production, is of theatrical significance, or ran for an extended period of time.
Series: II. Equity Library Theatre, New York City, Equity Library Theatre (ELT) produced productions from 1944-1989 as a showcase for Equity talent. Because they were a seasonal company the programs for
this series are chronological. Production lists and other ELT activities such as children's theatre, informal presentations
and benefits are included in the files.
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Related Material at the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Actors’ Equity Association: Records (Wagner #11)
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2630
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: gail.malmgreen@nyu.edu
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Access Points
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Subject Organizations: |
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Actors Equity Association. |
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Chorus Equity Association. |
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Equity Library Theatre. |
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Subject Topics: |
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Theater-New York (State)--New York--History. |
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Theater-United States-History. |
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Theater-United States-Production and Direction. |
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Subject Places: |
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Los Angeles (Calif.). |
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New York (State)--New York. |
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Document Types: |
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Theater Programs. |
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Administrative Information
Provenance
Through a vote of its governing Council in late 1981, Actors' Equity Association designated the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
at New York University the official repository of its historical records. The first shipment of records arrived at the archives
in 1982. Since then several additional donations of material have been made, including these theatrical programs that arrived
in 2002.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Actors' Equity Association: Theatrical Programs; Wagner # 257; box number; folder
number; New York University Libraries; New York University Libraries
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Container List
[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]
| Series I: New York City, Regional Theatres and Touring Productions/Companies
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| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 1
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1 |
A |
Undated |
| 1
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2 |
A |
1916 |
| 1
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3 |
A |
1920s |
| 1
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4 |
A |
1930s |
| 1
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5 |
A (file 1 of 2) |
1940s |
| 1
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5A |
A (file 2 of 2) |
1940s |
| 1
|
6 |
A (file 1 of 2) |
1950s |
| 1
|
6A |
A (file 2 of 2) |
1950s |
| 1
|
7 |
A (file 1 of 2) |
1960s |
| 1
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7A |
A (file 2 of 2) |
1960s |
| 1
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8 |
A (file 1 of 2) |
1970s |
| 1
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8A |
A (file 2 of 2) |
1970s |
| 1
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9 |
A (file 1 of 2) |
1980s |
| 1
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9A |
A (file 2 of 2) |
1980s |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 1A
|
1 |
A |
1990s |
| 1A
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2 |
A |
2000s |
| 1A
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3 |
A…My Name is Alice |
Undated |
| 1A
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4 |
Abe Lincoln in Illinois |
Undated |
| 1A
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5 |
Abelard and Heloise |
Undated |
| 1A
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6 |
Abie's Irish Rose |
Undated |
| 1A
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7 |
Abingdon Square |
Undated |
| 1A
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8 |
Absurd Person Singular |
Undated |
| 1A
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9 |
Accent on Youth |
Undated |
| 1A
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10 |
Accidental Death of an Anarchist |
Undated |
| 1A
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11 |
Acting Company |
Undated |
| 1A
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12 |
Actors Theatre of Louisville |
Undated |
| 1A
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13 |
Adaptation/Next |
Undated |
| 1A
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14 |
Adding Machine |
Undated |
| 1A
|
15 |
Adirondack Theatre Festival |
Undated |
| 1A
|
16 |
After the Fall |
Undated |
| 1A
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17 |
Agamemnon |
Undated |
| 1A
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18 |
Agnes of God |
Undated |
| 1A
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19 |
Ah, WIlderness |
Undated |
| 1A
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20 |
Ain't Misbehavin' |
Undated |
| 1A
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21 |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death |
Undated |
| 1A
|
22 |
Alabama Shakespeare Festival |
Undated |
| 1A
|
23 |
Alchemist |
Undated |
| 1A
|
24 |
Alice in Wonderland |
Undated |
| 1A
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25 |
All God's Chillun Got Wings |
Undated |
| 1A
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26 |
All in the Timing |
Undated |
| 1A
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27 |
All My Sons |
Undated |
| 1A
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28 |
All Night Strut! |
Undated |
| 1A
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29 |
All Over |
Undated |
| 1A
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30 |
All the King's Men |
Undated |
| 1A
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31 |
All's Well that Ends Well |
Undated |
| 1A
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32 |
Amadeus |
Undated |
| 1A
|
33 |
Amen Corner |
Undated |
| 1A
|
34 |
America Hurrah |
Undated |
| 1A
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35 |
American Buffalo |
Undated |
| 1A
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36 |
American Clock |
Undated |
| 1A
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37 |
American Dance Machine |
Undated |
| 1A
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38 |
American Conservatory Theatre (ACT San Francisco) |
Undated |
| 1A
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39 |
American Musical Theatre Festival |
Undated |
| 1A
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40 |
American Place Theatre |
Undated |
| 1A
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41 |
American Repertory Theatre |
Undated |
| 1A
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42 |
American Shakespeare Festival (Stratford, Connecticut) |
Undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 1B
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1 |
American Stage Festival |
Undated |
| 1B
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2 |
American Tragedy, An |
Undated |
| 1B
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3 |
Amphitryon 38 |
Undated |
| 1B
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4 |
And A Nightingale Sang |
Undated |
| 1B
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5 |
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little |
Undated |
| 1B
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6 |
Androcles and the Lion |
Undated |
| 1B
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7 |
Angel Street |
Undated |
| 1B
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8 |
Angels Fall |
Undated |
| 1B
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9 |
Angels in America |
Undated |
| 1B
|
10 |
Animal Crackers |
Undated |
| 1B
|
11 |
Ankles Aweigh |
Undated |
| 1B
|
12 |
Anna Christie |
Undated |
| 1B
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13 |
Anna Lucasta |
Undated |
| 1B
|
14 |
Annie |
Undated |
| 1B
|
15 |
Annie 2/Annie Warbucks |
Undated |
| 1B
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16 |
Annie Get Your Gun |
Undated |
| 1B
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17 |
Another Part of the Forest |
Undated |
| 1B
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18 |
Antigone |
Undated |
| 1B
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19 |
Antony and Cleopatra |
Undated |
| 1B
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20 |
Any Wednesday |
Undated |
| 1B
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21 |
Anything Goes |
Undated |
| 1B
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22 |
APA-Phoenix Repertory Company |
Undated |
| 1B
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23 |
Applause |
Undated |
| 1B
|
24 |
Apple Tree |
Undated |
| 1B
|
25 |
Arabian Nights |
Undated |
| 1B
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26 |
Archbishop's Ceiling |
Undated |
| 1B
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27 |
Aspern Papers |
Undated |
| 1B
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28 |
Arcadia |
Undated |
| 1B
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29 |
Aren't We All? |
Undated |
| 1B
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30 |
Arms and the Man |
Undated |
| 1B
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31 |
Arsenic and Old Lace |
Undated |
| 1B
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32 |
Arthur, the Musical |
Undated |
| 1B
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33 |
Artist Descending a Staircase |
Undated |
| 1B
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34 |
Artists and Models: A Novelty Revue, 1924, Paris Edition |
Undated |
| 1B
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35 |
As Is |
Undated |
| 1B
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36 |
As Thousands Cheer |
Undated |
| 1B
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37 |
As You Like It |
Undated |
| 1B
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38 |
Asolo Theatre |
Undated |
| 1B
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39 |
Aspects of Love |
Undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 2
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1 |
Assassins |
Undated |
| 2
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2 |
At the Drop of a Hat; At the Drop of Another Hat |
Undated |
| 2
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3 |
Au Pair Man |
Undated |
| 2
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4 |
Aunt Dan and Lemon |
Undated |
| 2
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5 |
Auntie Mane |
Undated |
| 2
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6 |
Autumn Garden |
Undated |
| 2
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7 |
Awake and Sing |
Undated |
| 2
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8 |
B |
Undated |
| 2
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9 |
B |
1917 |
| 2
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10 |
B |
1920s |
| 2
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11 |
B |
1930s |
| 2
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12 |
B |
1940s |
| 2
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13 |
B |
1950s |
| 2
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14 |
B (file 1 of 2) |
1960s |
| 2
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15 |
B (file 2 of 2) |
1960s |
| 2
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16 |
B (file 1 of 2) |
1970s |
| 2
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17 |
B (file 2 of 2) |
1970s |
| 2
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18 |
B (file 1 of 4) |
1980s |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 3
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1 |
B (file 2 of 4) |
1980s |
| 3
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2 |
B (file 3 of 4) |
1980s |
| 3
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3 |
B (file 4 of 4) |
1980s |
| 3
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4 |
B (file 1 of 2) |
1990s |
| 3
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5 |
B (file 2 of 2) |
1990s |
| 3
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6 |
B |
2000s |
| 3
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7 |
Baal |
Undated |
| 3
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8 |
Babes in Arms |
Undated |
| 3
|
9 |
Babes in Toyland |
Undated |
| 3
|
10 |
Baby |
Undated |
| 3
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11 |
Baby Want a Kiss |
Undated |
| 3
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12 |
Bacchae |
Undated |
| 3
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13 |
Bachelor Born |
Undated |
| 3
|
14 |
Bad Habits |
Undated |
| 3
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15 |
Bad Seed |
Undated |
| 3
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16 |
Bajour |
Undated |
| 3
|
17 |
Baker Street |
Undated |
| 3
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18 |
Baker's Wife |
Undated |
| 3
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19 |
Balcony |
Undated |
| 3
|
20 |
Ballad of a Sad Café |
Undated |
| 3
|
21 |
Ballroom |
Undated |
| 3
|
22 |
Balm in Gilead |
Undated |
| 3
|
23 |
Band Wagon |
Undated |
| 3
|
24 |
Banjo Dancing |
Undated |
| 3
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25 |
Banjo Eyes |
Undated |
| 3
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26 |
Barefoot in the Park |
Undated |
| 3
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27 |
Barnum |
Undated |
| 3
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28 |
Barretts of Wimpole Street |
Undated |
| 3
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29 |
Barter Theatre |
Undated |
| 3
|
30 |
Bascom Barlow |
Undated |
| 3
|
31 |
Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel |
Undated |
| 3
|
32 |
Bent |
Undated |
| 3
|
33 |
Beach House |
Undated |
| 3
|
34 |
Beard |
Undated |
| 3
|
35 |
Beau Jest |
Undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 4
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1 |
Beautiful People |
Undated |
| 4
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2 |
Beauty and the Beast |
Undated |
| 4
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3 |
Beauty Part |
Undated |
| 4
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4 |
Beaux Stratagem |
Undated |
| 4
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5 |
Beckett |
Undated |
| 4
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6 |
Bedroom Farce |
Undated |
| 4
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7 |
Beehive |
Undated |
| 4
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8 |
Beekman Place |
Undated |
| 4
|
9 |
Beethoven's Tenth |
Undated |
| 4
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10 |
Before You Go |
Undated |
| 4
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11 |
Beggar on Horseback |
Undated |
| 4
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12 |
Beggar's Opera |
Undated |
| 4
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13 |
Beirut |
Undated |
| 4
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14 |
Belch |
Undated |
| 4
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15 |
Bell, Book and Candle |
Undated |
| 4
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16 |
Bell for Adano |
Undated |
| 4
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17 |
Belle of Amherst |
Undated |
| 4
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18 |
Bells are Ringing |
Undated |
| 4
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19 |
Ben Franklin in Paris |
Undated |
| 4
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20 |
Benefactors |
Undated |
| 4
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21 |
Benefit of a Doubt |
Undated |
| 4
|
22 |
Bent |
Undated |
| 4
|
23 |
Berlin to Broadway |
Undated |
| 4
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24 |
Best Foot Forward |
Undated |
| 4
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25 |
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public |
Undated |
| 4
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26 |
Best Man |
Undated |
| 4
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27 |
Betrayal |
Undated |
| 4
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28 |
Beverly Hills |
Undated |
| 4
|
29 |
Beyond the Fringe |
Undated |
| 4
|
30 |
Beyond Therapy |
Undated |
| 4
|
31 |
Big |
Undated |
| 4
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32 |
Big Deal |
Undated |
| 4
|
33 |
Big Fish, Little Fish |
Undated |
| 4
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34 |
Big Knife |
Undated |
| 4
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35 |
Big River |
Undated |
| 4
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36 |
Biggest Thief in Town |
Undated |
| 4
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37 |
Bill Ross Celebration |
Oct 28, 1985 |
| 4
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38 |
Billion Dollar Baby |
Undated |
| 4
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39 |
Billy Barnes Revue(s) |
Undated |
| 4
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40 |
Billy Bishop Goes to War |
Undated |
| 4
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41 |
Billy Budd |
Undated |
| 4
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42 |
Billy Liar |
Undated |
| 4
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43 |
Biloxi Blues |
Undated |
| 4
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44 |
Bingo |
Undated |
| 4
|
45 |
Biography |
Undated |
| 4
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46 |
Birthday Party |
Undated |
| 4
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47 |
Bistro Car |
Undated |
| 4
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48 |
Black and Blue |
Undated |
| 4
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49 |
Black Comedy |
Undated |
| 4
|
50 |
Black Elk Speaks |
Undated |
| 4
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51 |
Black Nativity |
Undated |
| 4
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52 |
Black Picture Show |
Undated |
| 4
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53 |
Black Quartet |
Undated |
| 4
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54 |
Blackbirds of 1928; 1930; 1933-1934 Edition |
Undated |
| 4
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55 |
Blacks |
Undated |
| 4
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56 |
Bless You All |
Undated |
| 4
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57 |
Blind Alley |
Undated |
| 4
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58 |
Blithe Spirit |
Undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 4A
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1 |
Blood Brothers |
Undated |
| 4A
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2 |
Blood Knot |
Undated |
| 4A
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3 |
Blood Moon |
Undated |
| 4A
|
4 |
Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole |
Undated |
| 4A
|
5 |
Blood Wedding |
Undated |
| 4A
|
6 |
Bloomer Girl |
Undated |
| 4A
|
7 |
Blossom Time |
Undated |
| 4A
|
8 |
Blow Ye Winds |
Undated |
| 4A
|
9 |
Blue Denim |
Undated |
| 4A
|
10 |
Blue Window |
Undated |
| 4A
|
11 |
Blues for Mister Charlie |
Undated |
| 4A
|
12 |
Blues in the Night |
Undated |
| 4A
|
13 |
Boesman and Lena |
Undated |
| 4A
|
14 |
Bonjour, la Bonjour |
Undated |
| 4A
|
15 |
Boom Boom Room |
Undated |
| 4A
|
16 |
Boor |
Undated |
| 4A
|
17 |
Born Yesterday |
Undated |
| 4A
|
18 |
Borstal Boy |
Undated |
| 4A
|
19 |
Bosoms and Neglect |
Undated |
| 4A
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20 |
Boston Arts Festival |
1964 |
| 4A
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21 |
Bourgeois Gentilhomme |
Undated |
| 4A
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22 |
Boy Friend |
Undated |
| 4A
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23 |
Boy Meets Girl |
Undated |
| 4A
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24 |
Boys and Girls Together |
Undated |
| 4A
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25 |
Boys from Syracuse |
Undated |
| 4A
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26 |
Boys in the Band |
Undated |
| 4A
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27 |
Boys Next Door |
Undated |
| 4A
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28 |
Breaking Legs |
Undated |
| 4A
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29 |
Breaking the Code |
Undated |
| 4A
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30 |
Brecht on Brecht |
Undated |
| 4A
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31 |
Brief Lives |
Undated |
| 4A
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32 |
Brigadoon |
Undated |
| 4A
|
33 |
Brighton Beach Memoirs |
Undated |
| 4A
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34 |
British American Repertory Company (BARC) |
Undated |
| 4A
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35 |
Broadway |
Undated |
| 4A
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36 |
Broadway Bound |
Undated |
| 4A
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37 |
Broadway Musical |
Undated |
| 4A
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38 |
Broken Glass |
Undated |
| 4A
|
39 |
Brother to Dragons |
Undated |
| 4A
|
40 |
Brothers Karamazov |
Undated |
| 4A
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41 |
Browning Version |
Undated |
| 4A
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42 |
Bubbling Brown Sugar |
Undated |
| 4A
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43 |
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story |
Undated |
| 4A
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44 |
Bullshot Crummond |
Undated |
| 4A
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45 |
Buried Child |
Undated |
| 4A
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46 |
Burlesque |
Undated |
| 4A
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47 |
Burlesque and Variety Entertainment Theatres |
1913-1922 |
| 4A
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48 |
Burn This |
Undated |
| 4A
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49 |
Bury the Dead |
Undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 5
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1 |
Bus Stop |
Undated |
| 5
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2 |
Buskers |
Undated |
| 5
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3 |
Butley |
Undated |
| 5
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4 |
Butter and Egg Man |
Undated |
| 5
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5 |
Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut, and the Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree |
Undated |
| 5
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6 |
Butterflies are Free |
Undated |
| 5
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7 |
By Jupiter |
Undated |
| 5
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8 |
By the Sea By the Sea By the Beautiful Sea |
Undated |
| 5
|
9 |
Bye Bye Birdie |
Undated |
| 5
|
10 |
C |
Undated |
| 5
|
11 |
C (file 1 of 2) |
1920s |
| 5
|
12 |
C (file 2 of 2) |
1920s |
| 5
|
13 |
C |
1930s |
| 5
|
14 |
C |
1940s |
| 5
|
15 |
C (file 1 of 2) |
1950s |
| 5
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16 |
C (file 2 of 2) |
1950s |
| 5
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17 |
C (file 1 of 3) |
1960s |
| 5
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18 |
C (file 2 of 3) |
1960s |
| 5
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19 |
C (file 3 of 3) |
1960s |
| 5
|
20 |
C (file 1 of 2) |
1970s |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 6
|
1 |
C (file 2 of 2) |
1970s |
| 6
|
2 |
C (file 1 of 3) |
1980s |
| 6
|
3 |
C (file 2 of 3) |
1980s |
| 6
|
4 |
C (file 3 of 3) |
1980s |
| 6
|
5 |
C (file 1 of 2) |
1990s |
| 6
|
6 |
C (file 2 of 2) |
1990s |
| 6
|
7 |
C |
2000s |
| 6
|
8 |
Cabaret |
Undated |
| 6
|
9 |
Cabin in the Sky |
Undated |
| 6
|
10 |
Cactus Flower |
Undated |
| 6
|
11 |
Caesar and Cleopatra |
Undated |
| 6
|
12 |
Café Crown |
Undated |
| 6
|
13 |
Cages |
Undated |
| 6
|
14 |
Caine Mutiny Court Marshall |
Undated |
| 6
|
15 |
California Suite |
Undated |
| 6
|
16 |
Caligula |
Undated |
| 6
|
17 |
Call Me By My Rightful Name |
Undated |
| 6
|
18 |
Call Me Madam |
Undated |
| Box |
