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Mr. Monotony, [Jerome Robbins' Broadway rehearsal]
- Title
- Mr. Monotony, Nov. 29, 1988: [Jerome Robbins' Broadway rehearsal] [videorecording] / choreographed by Jerome Robbins ; music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y., 1988.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (10 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- A run-through of the dance sequence, and the song intro, of the number "Mr. Monotony," originally intended for, but later cut from, the Broadway musicals Miss Liberty (1949) and Call me madam (1950). Jerome Robbins' voice is heard off-camera following the run-through. The rehearsal was conducted in preparation for the musical retrospective Jerome Robbins' Broadway, which premiered in 1989 at the Imperial Theatre, New York, N.Y.
- Alternative Title
- Miss Liberty. Mr. Monotony
- Call me madam. Mr. Monotony
- Monotony 11/29/88
- Jerome Robbins' Broadway rehearsal
- Subjects
- Musical theater > Production and direction
- Dance rehearsals
- Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
- Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
- Video
- Dance
- Theater rehearsals > New York (State) > New York
- Robbins, Jerome > Jerome Robbins' Broadway
- Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 > Miss Liberty
- Musicals
- Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 > Call me madam
- Genre/Form
- Musicals.
- Dance.
- Video.
- Dance rehearsals.
- Note
- Production credits from the program for Jerome Robbins' Broadway as staged at the Imperial Theatre, New York, N.Y.
- Time and date code on frame.
- Rehearsal location gathered from TOFT files.
- Access (note)
- Permission required.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in 890 Broadway Studios, New York, N.Y., in rehearsal clothes with piano accompaniment on Nov. 29, 1988.
- Call Number
- NCOV 816
- OCLC
- 226399498
- Title
- Mr. Monotony, Nov. 29, 1988: [Jerome Robbins' Broadway rehearsal] [videorecording] / choreographed by Jerome Robbins ; music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y., 1988.
- Access
- Permission required.
- Performer
- Rehearsed by Debbie Shapiro, Jane Lanier, Luis Pérez, and Robert La Fosse.
- Event
- Videotaped in 890 Broadway Studios, New York, N.Y., in rehearsal clothes with piano accompaniment on Nov. 29, 1988.
- Local Note
- Gift of Jerome Robbins and The Shubert Organization.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Robbins, Jerome. Jerome Robbins' Broadway.Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Miss Liberty.Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Call me madam.Gravitte, Debbie Shapiro, performer.Lanier, Jane, performer.Pérez, Luis, performer.La Fosse, Robert, performer.Robbins, Jerome, donor.Shubert Organization, donor.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 816