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[Interview with André De Shields]

Title
[Interview with André De Shields] [videorecording] / [Video prod. company, Character Generators, Inc.] ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Publication
New York, c1997.

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Videocassette 2Moving imageRestricted use NCOW 197 Videocassette 2Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT
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Additional Authors
  • De Shields, André, 1946-
  • Horwitz, Murray
  • Corwin, Betty L.
  • Character Generators/Video.
  • American Theatre Wing.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Description
2 videocassettes (114 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
Summary
Actor/dancer André De Shields discusses his career in the theatre with interviewer Murray Horwitz, examining such shows as Hair, The wiz, and Ain't misbehavin'. He also discusses multiculturalism in the theater, black agitprop theater, his decades of work at La Mama ETC, his chairmanship of the Actors' Equity Association's Committee for Racial Equality, and his cabaret work.
Alternative Title
André De Shields interviewed by Murray Horwitz
Subject
  • De Shields, André, 1946- > Interviews
  • MacDermot, Galt
  • Smalls, Charlie
  • Waller, Fats, 1904-1943
  • La Mama Experimental Theatre Club
  • Actors' Equity Association
  • Experimental theater > New York (State) > New York
  • African American theater > New York (State) > New York
  • African American theater
  • Black theater > United States
  • Multiculturalism
  • Agitprop theater > United States
  • Musical theater > United States
  • Actors > Interviews
  • African American actors > Interviews
  • Dancers > Interviews
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewed by Murray Horwitz.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., July 7, 1997.
Funding (note)
  • Recorded with the financial assistance of American Theatre Wing, Inc.
Call Number
NCOW 197
OCLC
NYPG99-F958
Title
[Interview with André De Shields] [videorecording] / [Video prod. company, Character Generators, Inc.] ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Imprint
New York, c1997.
Performer
Interviewed by Murray Horwitz.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., July 7, 1997.
Funding
Recorded with the financial assistance of American Theatre Wing, Inc.
Added Author
De Shields, André, 1946- interviewee.
Horwitz, Murray, interviewer.
Corwin, Betty L.
Character Generators/Video.
American Theatre Wing.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Research Call Number
NCOW 197
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