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Purlie

Title: Purlie [videorecording] / [Produced by] NY City Center, Arlene Shuler, president & CEO, Mark Litvin, Sr. V.P. & managing director, City Center Encores!, Jack Viertel, artistic director, Rob Fisher, music director ; music by Gary Geld ; lyrics by Peter Udell ; book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, Peter Udell ; based on the play Purlie Victorious by Ossie Davis ; concert adaptation, David Ives ; choreographer, Ken Roberson ; director, Sheldon Epps ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Publication: New York, c2005.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videocassette 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 2923 Videocassette 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videocassette 1	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 2923 Videocassette 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videocassettes (106 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in. (Beta SP)

Series Statement

Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert

Subjects

Race relations > Drama
Racism > United States > Drama
Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 2001-2010
African Americans > Southern States > Drama
African Americans > Southern States > Religious life and customs > Drama
Davis, Ossie > Adaptations
Musicals
African American theater > New York (State) > New York
Musical theater > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Scenic consultant, John Lee Beatty ; sound, Scott Lehrer ; costume consultant, Paul Tazewell ; lighting, Ken Billington ; orchestrations, Garry Sherman ; additional orchestrations, Luther Henderson ; company manager, Michael Zande ; prod. stage manager, Tripp Philips.

Performer (note)

Blair Underwood, Doug E. Doug, Lillias White, Anika Noni Rose, Lynda Gravátt, Christopher Duva, Carol Dennis, John Cullum, Christine Clemmons, Mamie Duncan-Gibbs, Duane Martin Foster, Danielle Lee Greaves, James Harkness, Derric Harris, Kathleen Murphy Jackson, Trent Armand Kendall, Monroe Kent III, C. Mingo Long, Krisha Marcano, Christopher L. Morgan, Darrell Grand Moultrie, April Nixon, Monica Patton, Stacey Sargeant, Carolyn Saxon, Levensky Smith, Cornelius White, Lisa Nicole Wilkerson, Kenny Redell Williams, Laurie Williamson.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at City Center, New York, N.Y., April 1, 2005.

Call Number

NCOV 2923

OCLC

NYPG05-F11010

Title

Purlie [videorecording] / [Produced by] NY City Center, Arlene Shuler, president & CEO, Mark Litvin, Sr. V.P. & managing director, City Center Encores!, Jack Viertel, artistic director, Rob Fisher, music director ; music by Gary Geld ; lyrics by Peter Udell ; book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, Peter Udell ; based on the play Purlie Victorious by Ossie Davis ; concert adaptation, David Ives ; choreographer, Ken Roberson ; director, Sheldon Epps ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Imprint

New York, c2005.

Series

Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Scenic consultant, John Lee Beatty ; sound, Scott Lehrer ; costume consultant, Paul Tazewell ; lighting, Ken Billington ; orchestrations, Garry Sherman ; additional orchestrations, Luther Henderson ; company manager, Michael Zande ; prod. stage manager, Tripp Philips.

Cast

Blair Underwood, Doug E. Doug, Lillias White, Anika Noni Rose, Lynda Gravátt, Christopher Duva, Carol Dennis, John Cullum, Christine Clemmons, Mamie Duncan-Gibbs, Duane Martin Foster, Danielle Lee Greaves, James Harkness, Derric Harris, Kathleen Murphy Jackson, Trent Armand Kendall, Monroe Kent III, C. Mingo Long, Krisha Marcano, Christopher L. Morgan, Darrell Grand Moultrie, April Nixon, Monica Patton, Stacey Sargeant, Carolyn Saxon, Levensky Smith, Cornelius White, Lisa Nicole Wilkerson, Kenny Redell Williams, Laurie Williamson.

Performer

Musicians: The Encores! Orchestra, Linda Twine, guest music director.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at City Center, New York, N.Y., April 1, 2005.

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Added Author

Shuler, Arlene, producer.

Litvin, Mark, producer.

Viertel, Jack, producer.

Fisher, Rob, 1952- music director.

Geld, Gary. Purlie.

Udell, Peter, lyricist.

Udell, Peter, librettist.

Davis, Ossie, librettist.

Rose, Philip, 1921-2011, librettist.

Ives, David, adapter.

Roberson, Ken, choreographer.

Epps, Sheldon, director.

Twine, Linda, conductor.

Beatty, John Lee, 1948- set designer.

Lehrer, Scott, sound designer.

Tazewell, Paul, costume designer.

Billington, Ken, 1946- lighting designer.

Sherman, Garry, orchestrations.

Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003, orchestrations.

Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003, arranger of music.

Zande, Michael, company manager.

Phillips, Tripp, production stage manager.

Underwood, Blair, performer.

Doug, Doug E., performer.

White, Lillias, performer.

Rose, Anika Noni, 1972- performer.

Gravátt, Lynda, performer.

Duva, Christopher, performer.

Dennis, Carol, performer.

Cullum, John, 1930- performer.

Clemmons, Christine, performer.

Duncan-Gibbs, Mamie, performer.

Foster, Duane Martin, performer.

Greaves, Danielle Lee, performer.

Harkness, James, performer.

Harris, Derric, performer.

Jackson, Kathleen Murphy, performer.

Kendall, Trent Armand, performer.

Kent, Monroe, III, performer.

Long, C. Mingo, performer.

Marcano, Krisha, performer.

Morgan, Christopher L., performer.

Moultrie, Darrell Grand, performer.

Nixon, April, performer.

Patton, Monica L., performer.

Sargeant, Stacey, performer.

Saxon, Carolyn, performer.

Smith, Levensky, performer.

White, Cornelius, performer.

Wilkerson, Lisa Nicole, performer.

Williams, Kenny Redell, performer.

Williamson, Laurie, performer.

Stucker, Richard, videographer.

Hoffman, Patrick.

City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.), producer.

Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert.

Encores! Orchestra.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research Call Number

NCOV 2923

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