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The 2001 Easter Bonnet competition

Title: The 2001 Easter Bonnet competition [videorecording] / Presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ; produced by Michael Graziano and Tom Viola ; directed by Sam Ellis ; [video prod. company] Broadway Beat.
Publication: New York, c2001.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (151 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Benefit performance featuring songs, dances, and comedy sketches. Performers from Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals compete to create the most original Easter Bonnet, with the results presented at the conclusion of each act. The proceeds from the event go to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Series Statement

Easter Bonnet Competition for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Alternative Title

15th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition

Subject

Genre/Form

Musicals.
Dance.

Note

Minimal credits on tape.
Performers include cast members from the shows Chicago, Forbidden Broadway, Naked boys singing, The music man, The lion king, A class act, Stomp, The dinner party, The phantom of the opera, Jane Eyre, Beauty and the beast, Aida, Seussical, The Rocky Horror show, The full monty, and Annie get your gun.
Before the show begins, Richard Ridge interviews several participants. Interviewees include Lea DeLaria, John Ritter, Woody Shelp, and James Barbour. This segment runs about 9:30 minutes.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Opening number created by Christopher Gattelli (choreography) and Seth Rudetsky (lyrics and arrangements) ; production supervisor, Doc Zorthian ; lighting design, Martin E. Vreeland ; stage managers, Elizabeth Burgess, Narda Alcorn, Theresa Bailey, Kristin Newhouse, and Michael Pule.

Performer (note)

Hosts: Rebecca Luker, Patrick Quinn, Betty Garrett, Lea DeLaria, David Burtka, Denis O'Hare, Jennifer Ehle, Howard McGillin, Kevin Chamberlin, Charles Busch, Ruthie Henshall, Ron Kunene, Faith Prince, and James Barbour. Auction co-hosts, Henry Winkler and John Ritter.
Announcer: Jason Opsahl.
Speakers: Doris Eaton Travis, Jan Maxwell, Henry Winkler, and John Ritter.
Presenters: Alan Cumming, Mary-Louise Parker, and Bebe Neuwirth.
Performers include Doris Eaton Travis, Jan Maxwell, Henry Winkler, John Ritter, Reba McEntire, Rosa Curry, Diedre Goodman, Michelle Robinson, Eric Sciotto, Gregory Butler, Christine Pedi, Tom Gualtieri, Ellen Harvey, Sara Ramirez, David Hibbard, Nancy Anderson, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Randy Graff, Patrick Quinn, Lonny Price, Lisa Vroman, James Barbour, Mary Stout, Marla Schaffel, Karl Christian, Harrison Chad, Jonathan Press, Taylor Dayne, Maya Days, Lea DeLaria, Dick Cavett, Tom Hewitt, Aiko Nakasone, Thomas Michael Fiss, Nicholas Cutro, Milena Govich, and Carol Woods.
Momix dancers: Pi Keohavong and Nicole Loizides.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 24, 2001.

Call Number

NCOV 2756

OCLC

1273423029

Title

The 2001 Easter Bonnet competition [videorecording] / Presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ; produced by Michael Graziano and Tom Viola ; directed by Sam Ellis ; [video prod. company] Broadway Beat.

Imprint

New York, c2001.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Series

Easter Bonnet Competition for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Opening number created by Christopher Gattelli (choreography) and Seth Rudetsky (lyrics and arrangements) ; production supervisor, Doc Zorthian ; lighting design, Martin E. Vreeland ; stage managers, Elizabeth Burgess, Narda Alcorn, Theresa Bailey, Kristin Newhouse, and Michael Pule.

Cast

Hosts: Rebecca Luker, Patrick Quinn, Betty Garrett, Lea DeLaria, David Burtka, Denis O'Hare, Jennifer Ehle, Howard McGillin, Kevin Chamberlin, Charles Busch, Ruthie Henshall, Ron Kunene, Faith Prince, and James Barbour. Auction co-hosts, Henry Winkler and John Ritter.

Announcer: Jason Opsahl.

Speakers: Doris Eaton Travis, Jan Maxwell, Henry Winkler, and John Ritter.

Presenters: Alan Cumming, Mary-Louise Parker, and Bebe Neuwirth.

Performers include Doris Eaton Travis, Jan Maxwell, Henry Winkler, John Ritter, Reba McEntire, Rosa Curry, Diedre Goodman, Michelle Robinson, Eric Sciotto, Gregory Butler, Christine Pedi, Tom Gualtieri, Ellen Harvey, Sara Ramirez, David Hibbard, Nancy Anderson, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Randy Graff, Patrick Quinn, Lonny Price, Lisa Vroman, James Barbour, Mary Stout, Marla Schaffel, Karl Christian, Harrison Chad, Jonathan Press, Taylor Dayne, Maya Days, Lea DeLaria, Dick Cavett, Tom Hewitt, Aiko Nakasone, Thomas Michael Fiss, Nicholas Cutro, Milena Govich, and Carol Woods.

Momix dancers: Pi Keohavong and Nicole Loizides.

Event

Videotaped at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 24, 2001.

Local Note

Gift of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

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Added Author

Graziano, Michael, producer.

Viola, Tom, producer.

Ellis, Sam, director.

Gattelli, Christopher, choreographer.

Rudetsky, Seth, lyricist.

Rudetsky, Seth, arranger of music.

Zorthian, Doc, production personnel.

Vreeland, Martin E., lighting designer.

Burgess, Elizabeth, stage manager.

Alcorn, Narda E., stage manager.

Bailey, Theresa, stage manager.

Newhouse, Kristin, stage manager.

Pule, Michael, stage manager.

Luker, Rebecca, host.

Quinn, Patrick, 1950-2006, host.

Quinn, Patrick, 1950-2006, performer.

Garrett, Betty, 1919-2011, host.

DeLaria, Lea, host.

DeLaria, Lea, performer.

DeLaria, Lea, interviewee.

Burtka, David, host.

O'Hare, Denis, 1962- host.

Ehle, Jennifer, 1969- host.

McGillin, Howard, host.

Chamberlin, Kevin, 1963- host.

Busch, Charles, host.

Henshall, Ruthie, host.

Kunene, Ron, host.

Prince, Faith, host.

Barbour, James, host.

Winkler, Henry, 1945- host.

Winkler, Henry, 1945- speaker.

Winkler, Henry, 1945- performer.

Ritter, John, 1948-2003, host.

Ritter, John, 1948-2003, speaker.

Ritter, John, 1948-2003, performer.

Ritter, John, 1948-2003, interviewee.

Barbour, James, performer.

Barbour, James, interviewee.

Opsahl, Jason, narrator.

Travis, Doris Eaton, 1904-2010, speaker.

Travis, Doris Eaton, 1904-2010, performer.

Maxwell, Jan, 1956-2018, speaker.

Maxwell, Jan, 1956-2018, performer.

Cumming, Alan, 1965- presenter.

Parker, Mary-Louise, presenter.

Neuwirth, Bebe, presenter.

McEntire, Reba, performer.

Curry, Rosa, performer.

Goodman, Diedre, performer.

Robinson, Michelle M., performer.

Sciotto, Eric, performer.

Butler, Gregory, performer.

Pedi, Christine, performer.

Gualtieri, Tom, performer.

Harvey, Ellen, performer.

Ramirez, Sara, performer.

Hibbard, David, performer.

Anderson, Nancy (Actor), performer.

Blumenkrantz, Jeff, performer.

Graff, Randy, performer.

Price, Lonny, performer.

Vroman, Lisa, performer.

Stout, Mary, performer.

Schaffel, Marla, performer.

Christian, Karl, performer.

Chad, Harrison, performer.

Press, Jonathan, performer.

Dayne, Taylor, performer.

Days, Maya, performer.

Cavett, Dick, performer.

Hewitt, Tom, 1958- performer.

Nakasone, Aiko, performer.

Fiss, Thomas Michael, performer.

Cutro, Nicholas, performer.

Govich, Milena, 1976- performer.

Woods, Carol, performer.

Keohavong, Pi, dancer.

Loizides, Nicole, dancer.

Ridge, Richie, interviewer.

Shelp, Woody, interviewee.

Momix, Inc.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), producer.

Broadway Beat (Firm)

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization), donor.

Research Call Number

NCOV 2756

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