Research Catalog

Title

Best talk in town: Off-Broadway shows [videorecording] / [produced by] Elna Seabrooks.

Publication

New York, 1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Seabrooks, Elna
• Roeper, Nola.
• Richardson, Denise
• Village Voice. Off Broadway Award.
• Circle Repertory Company, donor.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (12 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

The rise and development of Off-Broadway theater is examined in this segment from the program Best talk in town, with emphasis on the challenges faced by smaller companies in a changing cultural and financial climate. The prolonged success enjoyed by The fantasticks is analyzed, after which the latter portion of the piece is devoted to excerpts from the Village Voice's Off Broadway ("Obie") Awards ceremony, including very brief interviews with recipients.

Alternative Title

Best Talk in Town: 1989 Obie Awards

Subject

• Schmidt, Harvey
• Off-Broadway theater > Economic aspects

Genre/Form

Interviews.

Note

• Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Best talk in town, aired June 2, 1989.

Performer (note)

• Program introduced by Nola Roeper, narrated by Denise Richardson.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York, N.Y., 1989.

Call Number

NCOX 1574

OCLC

NYPG00-F222

Title

Best talk in town: Off-Broadway shows [videorecording] / [produced by] Elna Seabrooks.

Imprint

New York, 1989.

Performer

Program introduced by Nola Roeper, narrated by Denise Richardson.

Event

Videotaped in New York, N.Y., 1989.

Local Note

Gift of Circle Repertory Company.

Master tape for this title also contains master material for NCOW 220 and NCOX 1642.

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Added Author

Seabrooks, Elna, producer.

Roeper, Nola.

Richardson, Denise, narrator.

Village Voice. Off Broadway Award.

Circle Repertory Company, donor.

Research Call Number

NCOX 1574