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Billion dollar baby.

Title
Billion dollar baby. Dreams come true [excerpts] [videorecording] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould ; book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Publication
1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Gould, Morton, 1913-1996
  • Comden, Betty
  • Green, Adolph
  • D'Amboise, Charlotte
  • Gravitte, Debbie Shapiro
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (19 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Rehearsals for the dance portions of a song and dance number, "Dreams come true," in preparation for the musical retrospective Jerome Robbins' Broadway. In this number the female character, Maribelle, fantasizes herself in romantic situations drawn from contemporary movies: in the first, she dances a tango with Rudolph Valentino; in the second, she emulates Lillian Gish as America's sweetheart; in the third, she plays a Theda Bara vamp. The sections are not performed in sequence on this tape. Jerome Robbins demonstrates female and male roles for the performers, and watches their interpretations. This tape also contains brief glimpses of other numbers featured in the retrospective, among them "New York, New York" from On the town, and the prologue dance from West side story. "Dreams come true" was cut from Jerome Robbins' Broadway before its premiere in February 1989.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Collection
Genre/Form
  • Musicals.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Location and date from original container, which is labeled "The big chase."
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, at 890 Broadway, New York City, in April and May 1988.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6015 JRC
OCLC
NYPY02-F218
Title
Billion dollar baby. Dreams come true [excerpts] [videorecording] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould ; book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Imprint
1988.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Jerome Robbins Collection
Event
Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, at 890 Broadway, New York City, in April and May 1988.
Performer
Performers include Debbie Shapiro and Charlotte D'Amboise (Maribelle).
Local Subject
Musical comedies. Billion dollar baby.
Musical comedies. Jerome Robbins' Broadway.
Added Author
Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.
Gould, Morton, 1913-1996, composer.
Comden, Betty, lyricist.
Green, Adolph, lyricist.
D'Amboise, Charlotte, performer.
Gravitte, Debbie Shapiro, performer.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6015 JRC
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