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[Public hearing on theater landmarks (raw footage)]
- Title
- [Public hearing on theater landmarks (raw footage)] / [produced for] WCBS-TV.
- Publication
- New York, 1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving image | By appointment only | NCOX 5136 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (20 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Raw footage from a public hearing at New York's City Hall concerning a plan to landmark the Broadway theater district. The footage was intended for use in a Channel 2 news feature. The hearing, conducted in wake of the destruction of the Helen Hayes and Morosco Theaters for the Portman Hotel the previous month, features testimony by actor Tammy Grimes, theatrical producer Joseph Papp and Kent Barwick, chairman of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Footage includes pro-landmark protestors outside City Hill. Video ends abrubtly.
- 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
- Alternative Title
- Landmarks, public hearing, Mr. Papp, Mr. Barwick
- Subjects
- Papp, Joseph > Political and social views
- Landmarks at risk
- Political activitsts > New York (State) > New York
- Grimes, Tammy > Political and social views
- Historic buildings > New York (State) > New York
- Documentaries and factual works
- Theaters > New York (State) > New York
- Historic sites > Law and legislation > New York (State) > New York
- Barwick, Kent > Political and social views
- New York (N.Y.) > Landmarks Preservation Commission
- Theatrical producers and directors
- Political participation > New York (State) > New York
- New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater > Save the Theaters
- Television
- Genre/Form
- Television.
- Documentaries and factual works.
- Note
- This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Camerapersons: Dan Smysky, John Haywood.
- Event (note)
- Videorecorded at City Hall, New York, N.Y. on April 1, 1982.
- Biography (note)
- Theatrical producer Joseph Papp was the organizer of a grassroots campaign called Save the Theaters to stop the destruction of the Morosco and Helen Hayes theaters in the Broadway theater district.
- Call Number
- NCOX 5136
- OCLC
- NYPG06-F110
- Title
- [Public hearing on theater landmarks (raw footage)] / [produced for] WCBS-TV.
- Imprint
- New York, 1982.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Series
- Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
- Event
- Videorecorded at City Hall, New York, N.Y. on April 1, 1982.
- Biography
- Theatrical producer Joseph Papp was the organizer of a grassroots campaign called Save the Theaters to stop the destruction of the Morosco and Helen Hayes theaters in the Broadway theater district.
- Added Author
- Grimes, Tammy, speaker.Papp, Joseph, speaker.Barwick, Kent, speaker.New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 5136