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Best talk in town: Off-Broadway shows

Title
Best talk in town: Off-Broadway shows [videorecording] / [produced by] Elna Seabrooks.
Publication
New York, 1989.

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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
Subjects
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
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