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Agnes de Mille interview about the Broadway production of "Oklahoma!" and her adventures in choreography and directing.

Title
Agnes de Mille interview about the Broadway production of "Oklahoma!" and her adventures in choreography and directing.
Author
De Mille, Agnes
Publication
1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Wilk, Max
  • Wilk, Max
Description
1 audio disc (65:40) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
Author Max Wilk talks with legendary Broadway choreographer/director Agnes de Mille about her experiences in the original Broadway production of "Oklahoma!": her repartee with her dancers, Bambi Linn, Joan McCracken and Kate Friedlich, her antagonistic relationship with director Rouben Mamoulian, her eventual founding and becoming the first president of the union [Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers in 1965] because she received no royalties or residuals from "Oklahoma!", her books, and her thought-provoking observations on the personalities of Dick Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, and their wives. De Mille also talks about her work with other R&H shows: "Carousel" (choreographer) and "Allegro" (choreographer/director), and her own opinions of the experiences. De Mille mentions the brilliant music orchestra arrangements of Trude Rittman ("Carousel", "Sound of music", etc.), but Rittman was unmentioned for years since she was a woman. Wilk and De Mille finish the interview by talking about Celeste Holm ("Ado Annie") and Joan Roberts ("Laurey").
Alternative Title
Oklahoma! interview recordings.
Subjects
Note
  • Title derived by cataloger from the original information provided on cassette.
  • "IDs are inserted every 5 minutes"--CD container.
  • Transcript of the interview available upon request; it was not prepared by the library. Please note there may be spelling errors and/or edits in the material.
  • Part of the series of interviews for Max Wilk's book "OK! : The story of Oklahoma".
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted.
Source (note)
  • Max Wilk;
Call Number
*LDC 52500
OCLC
830421993
Author
De Mille, Agnes, interviewee.
Title
Agnes de Mille interview about the Broadway production of "Oklahoma!" and her adventures in choreography and directing.
Production
1990.
Playing Time
010540
Type of Content
spoken word
text
Type of Medium
audio
unmediated
Type of Carrier
audio disc
volume
Performer
Max Wilk, interviewer ; Agnes de Mille, interviewee.
Event
Recorded live 1990 March 16 New York, N. Y.
Access
Access to original item restricted.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) available in *LTC 4261.
Local Note
Preservation file: (2 sound files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltc4261_f01_em.WAV (tracks 1-9) and myh_ltc4261_f02_em.WAV (tracks 10-14)].
Source
Gift; Max Wilk; *L(Special) 94-26; 1994.
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Added Author
Wilk, Max, interviewer.
Wilk, Max. OK!: the story of Oklahoma!
Wilk, Max, donor.
Added Title
Oklahoma! interview recordings.
Research Call Number
*LDC 52500
*LTC 4261
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