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Theater talk.
- Title
- Theater talk. Betty Comden and Adolph Green [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Paul Corrigan.
- Publication
- New York, c1997.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
- Summary
- Veteran professional duo Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who have worked together as lyricists, librettists, as performers in theater, film, and TV since the 1940s, discuss their career with interviewers Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins. Topics include colleagues George Abbott, Jule Styne, Leonard Bernstein, and others, and the origins of such shows as On the town, Wonderful town, and Bells are ringing. Includes clips of Comden & Green performing their songs together in a 1980 revue, A party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
- Series Statement
- Theater talk
- Alternative Title
- "NY Musical" Betty Comden, Adolph Green
- Subjects
- Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Friends and associates
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 > Friends and associates
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Green, Adolph > Interviews
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 > On the town
- Abbott, George, 1887-1995 > Friends and associates
- Comden, Betty > Interviews
- Television
- Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Bells are ringing
- Talk shows
- Interviews
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 > Wonderful town
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Talk shows.
- Television.
- Note
- This is Episode #112 of Theater talk.
- Credits at end of tape.
- A party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green, excerpted here, is available on NCOX 96.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios located at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., Nov. 7, 1996.
- Call Number
- NCOX 1398
- OCLC
- NYPG01-F251
- Title
- Theater talk. Betty Comden and Adolph Green [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Paul Corrigan.
- Imprint
- New York, c1997.
- Series
- Theater talk
- Performer
- Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
- Event
- Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios located at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., Nov. 7, 1996.
- Local Note
- Gift of Susan Haskins.
- Added Author
- Comden, Betty, interviewee.Green, Adolph, interviewee.Riedel, Michael (Theater critic), interviewer.Haskins, Susan, interviewer.Haskins, Susan, producer.Corrigan, Paul, director.Theater Talk Productions, Inc.Haskins, Susan, donor.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 1398