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[Broadway musicals]

Title
[Broadway musicals] [graphic], 1943-1944 / Bernice Oehler.
Author
Oehler, Bernice Olivia, 1881-
Publication
1943-1944.

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Additional Authors
  • Balanchine, George.
  • De Mille, Agnes.
Description
  • 5 drawings : ink, b&w; 45 x 36 cm. or smaller.
  • 1 drawing : ink, graphite, b&w ;
  • 1 drawing on cardboard : watercolor, ink, color ;
  • 1 drawing on cardboard : ink, wash, b&w ;
  • 1 painting : watercolor, color ;
Summary
Action drawings of three musicals and an operetta presented in New York City at Broadway theaters. Two drawings depict Carmen Jones, an updated version of Georges Bizet's opera; one of these features Muriel Rahn, who alternated with Muriel Smith in the title role. Two drawings of A Connecticut Yankee respectively depict various dance scenes from the musical and (in color) a dance duet by Vera-Ellen (Mistress Evelyn Al Belle-Ans) and Jere McMahon (Sir Gawain). "The Merry Widow waltz" portrays Marta Eggerth (Sonia, the merry widow) and Jan Kiepura (Prince Danilo) in the operetta's climactic dance, choreographed by George Balanchine. Oklahoma! is depicted in two b&w drawings respectively portraying Celeste Holm (Ado Annie), Joan McCracken, and McCracken and Eric[k] Hawkins. Oklahoma! may also be the subject of a watercolor painting of two unidentified dancers.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drawings.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Signed.
  • The b&w drawing of A Connecticut Yankee was published in Dance magazine, Feb. 1944.
Source (note)
  • Estate of Lucile Marsh
Biography (note)
  • Carmen Jones (music, Georges Bizet; book, Oscar Hammerstein II; choreography, Eugene Loring) opened at the St. James Theatre in March 1943, performed by an all-black cast. A Connecticut Yankee (music, Richard Rodgers; book, Herbert Fields; lyrics, Lorenz Hart; choreography, William Holbrook and Al White, Jr.), based on Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in Nov. 1943. The New Opera Company's production of The merry widow (music, Franz Lehár; book, Sidney Sheldon and Ben Roberts; lyrics, Adrian Ross; choreography, George Balanchine) opened at the Majestic Theatre in Aug. 1943. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (choreography, Agnes de Mille) opened at the St. James Theatre in March 1943.
  • Artist Bernice Oehler was the author of Figure sketching (1926) and How to draw children (1934). An exhibition of her drawings, titled Thirty years of dancing in America, was presented at the Castle in Space gallery in New York City in May 1955.
Call Number
*MGZGE Oeh B Bro 1-9
OCLC
824797802
Author
Oehler, Bernice Olivia, 1881-
Title
[Broadway musicals] [graphic], 1943-1944 / Bernice Oehler.
Imprint
1943-1944.
Biography
Carmen Jones (music, Georges Bizet; book, Oscar Hammerstein II; choreography, Eugene Loring) opened at the St. James Theatre in March 1943, performed by an all-black cast. A Connecticut Yankee (music, Richard Rodgers; book, Herbert Fields; lyrics, Lorenz Hart; choreography, William Holbrook and Al White, Jr.), based on Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in Nov. 1943. The New Opera Company's production of The merry widow (music, Franz Lehár; book, Sidney Sheldon and Ben Roberts; lyrics, Adrian Ross; choreography, George Balanchine) opened at the Majestic Theatre in Aug. 1943. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (choreography, Agnes de Mille) opened at the St. James Theatre in March 1943.
Artist Bernice Oehler was the author of Figure sketching (1926) and How to draw children (1934). An exhibition of her drawings, titled Thirty years of dancing in America, was presented at the Castle in Space gallery in New York City in May 1955.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Source
Gift; Estate of Lucile Marsh, 1982.
Added Author
Balanchine, George. Associated name
De Mille, Agnes. Associated name
Research Call Number
*MGZGE Oeh B Bro 1-9
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