Research Catalog

Title

Oral history interview with Donna McKechnie, 1987-06-08 [sound recording].

Author

McKechnie, Donna

Publication

1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

Turan, Kenneth.

Description

2 sound cassettes : analog.

Summary

Donna McKechnie talks about her family background and her career as a musical theater dancer, singer, actress and choreographer. She shares her memories about her experience working on her most noted autobiographically inspired role, "Cassie" from the musical, A chorus line, that started as a workshop and moved to Broadway by Joseph Papp in 1975. The show later became one of the longest-running productions in Broadway history. McKechnie also speaks about her relationships with Michael Bennett, the production's director and choreographer, and with Joseph Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival.

Alternative Title

• Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
• Joseph Papp oral history interviews.

Subjects

• Interviews (Sound recordings)
• Hamlisch, Marvin > Chorus line
• Musical theater > United States
• Dancers > United States > Interviews
• Bennett, Michael, 1943-1987
• Theatrical producers and directors > United States
• McKechnie, Donna > Friends and associates
• McKechnie, Donna > Interviews
• Papp, Joseph > Friends and associates
• Oral histories
• Theater > Production and direction > United States > History > 20th century
• Public Theater (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

• Oral histories.
• Interviews.
• Sound recordings.

Note

• Interview by Kenneth Turan, originally recorded for the book "Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told" which was published in 2009.
• A track ID has been inserted every five minutes within this interview for reference purposes.

With (note)

• Part 1of the interview is on CD with part 2 of an Oral history interview with Jason Steven Cohen; part 2 of the intreview is on CD with part 3 of an Oral history interview with Rosemarie Tichler.
• On original cassette with part 2 (side B) of an Oral history interview with Jason Steven Cohen; and with part 3 (side B) of an Oral history interview with Rosemarie Tischler.

Access (note)

• Access to original items restricted.

Event (note)

• Recorded [in New York?], June 8, 1987.

Additional Formats (note)

• Service compact discs (2 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) begins on *LDC 51918, tracks 2-10, and concludes on *LDC 51919, tracks 3-8.

Call Number

*LDC 51918, tracks 2-10

OCLC

768775100

Author

McKechnie, Donna, interviewee.

Title

Oral history interview with Donna McKechnie, 1987-06-08 [sound recording].

Imprint

1987.

Event

Recorded [in New York?], June 8, 1987.

Access

Access to original items restricted.

Additional Formats

Service compact discs (2 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) begins on *LDC 51918, tracks 2-10, and concludes on *LDC 51919, tracks 3-8.

With:

Part 1of the interview is on CD with part 2 of an Oral history interview with Jason Steven Cohen; part 2 of the intreview is on CD with part 3 of an Oral history interview with Rosemarie Tichler.

On original cassette with part 2 (side B) of an Oral history interview with Jason Steven Cohen; and with part 3 (side B) of an Oral history interview with Rosemarie Tischler.

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Added Author

Turan, Kenneth. Interviewer

Papp, Gail Merrifield. Donor

Added Title

Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.

Joseph Papp oral history interviews.

Research Call Number

*LDC 51918, tracks 2-10

*LDC 51919, tracks 3-8

*LTC-A 768

*LTC-A 773