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Channel 2 the people.

Title
Channel 2 the people. The Broadway blues? [videorecording]
Publication
New York, 1983.

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Additional Authors
  • Block, John S.
  • Glasel, John
  • Herrmann, Keith, 1952-
  • Jacobs, Bernard B., 1916-1996
  • Landis, Irene
  • Noriega, Fred
  • Page, Ken
  • Papp, Joseph
  • Simon, John, 1925-2019
  • Torre, Marie
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
  • WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (25 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Report on the Broadway season of 1982-1983, during which fifteen Broadway theaters were dark, attendance was down from the previous season, and the critical consensus was that the overall quality of Broadway productions was lower than in previous seasons. The effect of ticket prices, production costs, and critical response on attendence rates is discussed, as is the issue of the minimum hiring requirements of the theatrical unions and subsequent concerns over featherbedding. Includes interview segments with various theatrical notables and performance footage from several Broadway shows. The production of the musical Cats is singled out for its ticket prices and production costs.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
Series Statement
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Uniform Title
Channel 2 the people (Television program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Television.
Note
  • Credits at end of tape.
  • This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
  • Contains segments from interviews with actor Ken Page, veteran theatergoer Irene Landis, composer Keith Herrmann; producers Joseph Papp of the New York Shakespeare Festival and Bernard Jacobs of the Shubert Organization; critic John Simon; and John Glasel, president of Local 802, the American Federation of Musicians.
  • Performance footage from Cats. Brief performance footage from Annie, A chorus line, Dreamgirls, Evita, Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, Nine, Plenty, Torch song trilogy, and other Broadway productions.
  • Fred Noriega and Marie Torre, hosts; Fred Noriega, executive producer; Marie Torre and John S. Block, producers and writers.
  • Episode #2-83.
Event (note)
  • First broadcast WCBS-TV, Channel 2 on February 12, 1983.
Call Number
NCOX 5113
OCLC
NYPT04-F33
Title
Channel 2 the people. The Broadway blues? [videorecording]
Imprint
New York, 1983.
Series
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Event
First broadcast WCBS-TV, Channel 2 on February 12, 1983.
Local Note
Duplicate tapes available in ReCAP. See summary list of item records in staff CATNYP.
Added Author
Block, John S., producer.
Glasel, John, interviewee.
Herrmann, Keith, 1952- interviewee.
Herrmann, Keith, 1952- musician.
Jacobs, Bernard B., 1916-1996, interviewee.
Landis, Irene, interviewee.
Noriega, Fred, host.
Noriega, Fred, producer.
Page, Ken, interviewee.
Page, Ken, performer.
Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
Simon, John, 1925-2019, interviewee.
Torre, Marie, producer.
Torre, Marie, host.
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
Added Title
Channel 2 the people (Television program)
Research Call Number
NCOX 5113
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