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Sophisticated ladies

Title: Sophisticated ladies [videorecording] / Roger S. Berlind, Manheim Fox, Sondra Gilman, Burton L. Litwin & Louise Westergaard present ; concept by Donald McKayle ; based on the music of Duke Ellington ; entire production directed by Michael Smuin ; musical staging and choreography by Donald McKayle and Michael Smuin ; [video director, Stucker] ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Publication: New York, c1981.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videocassette 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 171 Videocassette 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videocassette 1	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 171 Videocassette 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videocassettes (115 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Subjects

Note

A musical revue based on the music of Duke Ellington.
Another copy available; see Dance Collection's *MGZIC 9-1569.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Orchestrations by Al Cohn ; settings designed by Tony Walton ; costumes designed by Willa Kim ; lighting designed by Jennifer Tipton ; sound designed by Otts Munderloh ; music & dance arrangements by Lloyd Mayers ; vocal arrangements by Malcolm Dodds and Lloyd Mayers ; associate choreographer, Bruce Heath ; assistant choreographer, Mercedes Ellington ; music under the direction of Mercer Ellington ; co-choreography and tap choreography by Henry Le Tang ; prod. stage stage mgr., Martin Gold.

Performer (note)

Hinton Battle, Gregg Burge, Gregory Hines, Judith Jamison, Mercedes Ellington, Terri Klausner, P.J. Benjamin, Phyllis Hyman, Priscilla Baskerville, Claudia Asbury, Paula Lynn, Wynonna Smith, Adrian Bailey, Michael Lichtefeld, Michael Scott Gregory, T.A. Stephens.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York, N.Y., July 8, 1981.

Original Location (note)

Dance Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Call Number

NCOV 171

OCLC

NYPG99-F68

Title

Sophisticated ladies [videorecording] / Roger S. Berlind, Manheim Fox, Sondra Gilman, Burton L. Litwin & Louise Westergaard present ; concept by Donald McKayle ; based on the music of Duke Ellington ; entire production directed by Michael Smuin ; musical staging and choreography by Donald McKayle and Michael Smuin ; [video director, Stucker] ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.

Imprint

New York, c1981.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Orchestrations by Al Cohn ; settings designed by Tony Walton ; costumes designed by Willa Kim ; lighting designed by Jennifer Tipton ; sound designed by Otts Munderloh ; music & dance arrangements by Lloyd Mayers ; vocal arrangements by Malcolm Dodds and Lloyd Mayers ; associate choreographer, Bruce Heath ; assistant choreographer, Mercedes Ellington ; music under the direction of Mercer Ellington ; co-choreography and tap choreography by Henry Le Tang ; prod. stage stage mgr., Martin Gold.

Cast

Hinton Battle, Gregg Burge, Gregory Hines, Judith Jamison, Mercedes Ellington, Terri Klausner, P.J. Benjamin, Phyllis Hyman, Priscilla Baskerville, Claudia Asbury, Paula Lynn, Wynonna Smith, Adrian Bailey, Michael Lichtefeld, Michael Scott Gregory, T.A. Stephens.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York, N.Y., July 8, 1981.

Original Location

Duplicate copy Dance Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Added Author

Berlind, Roger, producer.

Fox, Manheim, producer.

Gilman, Sondra, producer.

Litwin, Burton L., producer.

Westergaard, Louise, producer.

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Sophisticated ladies.

McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018, choreographer.

McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018, conceptor.

Smuin, Michael, director.

Walton, Tony, 1934-2022, set designer.

Kim, Willa, costume designer.

Tipton, Jennifer, lighting designer.

Munderloh, Otts, sound designer.

Cohn, Al.

Mayers, Lloyd, arranger of music.

Dodds, Malcolm, 1929-1996, arranger of music.

Heath, Bruce, choreographer.

Ellington, Mercedes, choreographer.

Ellington, Mercer, conductor.

Le Tang, Henry, choreographer.

Gold, Martin, production stage manager.

Battle, Hinton, performer.

Burge, Gregg, performer.

Hines, Gregory, performer.

Jamison, Judith, performer.

Klausner, Terri, performer.

Benjamin, P. J., performer.

Hyman, Phyllis, performer.

Baskerville, Priscilla, performer.

Asbury, Claudia, performer.

Lynn, Paula, performer.

Smith, Wynonna, performer.

Bailey, Adrian, performer.

Lichtefeld, Michael, performer.

Gregory, Michael Scott, -1992, performer.

Stephens, T. A., performer.

Stucker, Richard, videographer.

Corwin, Betty L.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research Call Number

NCOV 171

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