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The fertile life and long death of Circle Rep
- Title
- The fertile life and long death of Circle Rep [videorecording] / [video producer, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts] ; [video prod. company, Character Generators, Inc.]
- Publication
- New York, 1997.
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- Description
- 2 videocassettes (87 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
- Summary
- Opens with introductory remarks by series producer Todd Lincoln.
- Panelists review the history of the Circle Repertory Company, from the days of its founding to its financially troubled last years; examine the company within the larger context of the New York theatrical world; assess its strengths and weaknesses; compare and contrast its survival tactics with those of Ellen Stewart's La Mama ETC; and attempt to determine the causes of Circle Repertory's demise.
- Series Statement
- Speaking Out: The Performing Arts Forum 1997
- Subjects
- Panel discussions
- Berezin, Tanya, 1941-
- Gussow, Mel
- Stewart, Ellen, 1919-2011
- Thirkield, Rob, 1936-1986
- Theater > United States
- Mason, Marshall W
- Circle Repertory Company
- Powell, Michael Warren
- Lucas, Craig
- Theater > Economic aspects
- Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011
- Theatrical companies > New York (State) > New York
- La Mama Experimental Theatre Club
- Genre/Form
- Panel discussions.
- Note
- First program of series.
- Copy of program available.
- Some material not recorded; cassette no. 2 begins after an indeterminate lapse of time.
- Circle Repertory Company, founded in 1969 by Marshall W. Mason, Robert Thirkield, Tanya Berezin, and Lanford Wilson, was an organization devoted primarily to developing and staging new American plays. The company disbanded in 1996.
- Performer (note)
- Panelists: Tanya Berezin, Lanford Wilson, Michael Warren Powell, Craig Lucas, and Mel Gussow, with Gigi Bolt, moderator.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in its Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, N.Y., Feb. 24, 1997.
- Call Number
- NCOW 208
- OCLC
- NYPG99-F983
- Title
- The fertile life and long death of Circle Rep [videorecording] / [video producer, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts] ; [video prod. company, Character Generators, Inc.]
- Imprint
- New York, 1997.
- Series
- Speaking Out: The Performing Arts Forum 1997
- Performer
- Panelists: Tanya Berezin, Lanford Wilson, Michael Warren Powell, Craig Lucas, and Mel Gussow, with Gigi Bolt, moderator.
- Event
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in its Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, N.Y., Feb. 24, 1997.
- Added Author
- Bolt, Gigi, moderator.Berezin, Tanya, 1941- panelist.Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011, panelist.Powell, Michael Warren, panelist.Lucas, Craig, panelist.Gussow, Mel, panelist.Character Generators/Video.New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Research Call Number
- NCOW 208