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Theatre program for Othello
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Robeson, Paul, American, 1898 - 1976
- Ferrer, José, Puerto Rican, 1912 - 1992
- Hagen, Uta, German, 1919 - 2004
- Webster, Margaret, American, 1905 - 1972
- Monks, James, American, 1913 - 1994
- Date
- 1930
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 7/8 x 9 in. (30.2 x 22.9 cm)
- Description
- Theatre program for Othello. White background with red lettering, graphic at center of a four legged beast, possibly a griffin. [PAUL/ROBESON/as/OTHELLO/THE MOOR OF VENICE]
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Topic
- Tragedy (Theatre)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.105
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Playbill for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Edited by
- Samuelson, Judy
- Subject of
- Smith, Anna Deavere, American, born 1950
- Wolfe, George Costello, American, born 1954
- Cort Theatre, American, founded 1912
- Date
- April 1994
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 8 3/8 × 5 7/16 × 1/8 in. (21.2 × 13.8 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 8 3/8 × 10 11/16 × 3/4 in. (21.2 × 27.1 × 1.9 cm)
- Description
- Playbill, volume 94, number 4, featuring the play, "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," written by Anna Deavere Smith, directed by George C. Wolfe, and performed at the Cort Theatre, New York, in 1994. The top third of the cover is the masthead, a yellow rectangular field with black type with the magazine's title, [PLAYBILL®] above the text [CORT THEATRE]. Below the masthead is a white field outlined in black, with a black-and-white image depicting the silhouette of four (4) tall palm trees and a fire in the bottom left corner that is giving off a diagonal plume of smoke that darkens the top third of the image. Above the trees is a close-up of two eyes. The title of the play, which is also the main coverline, is written above and just below the top edge of the image in black and white text, [TWILIGHT: / LOS ANGELES, 1992]. The back cover features an ad for Carlton cigarettes. All of the pages are glossy and bound together with staples. Most of the interior pages are off-white with black type with black-and-white images and color images. The magazine has seventy (70) pages.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Topic
- Broadway Theatre
- Drama (Theatre)
- Justice
- Race relations
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Urban life
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
- Object number
- 2015.64.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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Playbill for A Raisin in the Sun with insert essay ‘Sweet Lorraine'
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Written by
- Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Edited by
- Ross, Blake
- Subject of
- Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
- Leon, Kenny, American, born 1956
- Washington, Denzel, American, born 1954
- Richardson Jackson, LaTanya, American, born 1040
- Okonedo, Sophie, British, born 1968
- Ethel Barrymore Theatre, American, founded 1928
- Date
- April 2014
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2015.64.14.1 Closed): 8 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 3/16 in. (21.7 × 13.7 × 0.5 cm)
- H x W x D (2015.64.14.1 Open): 8 9/16 × 10 3/8 × 7/8 in. (21.7 × 26.3 × 2.2 cm)
- H x W x D (2015.64.14.2 Closed): 9 × 4 1/4 (22.8 × 10.8 × 0.1 cm)
- H x W x D (2015.64.14.2 Open): 9 × 12 5/8 × 1 in. (22.8 × 32 × 2.5 cm)
- L x W (2015.64.14.3): 9 1/16 × 4 1/16 in. (23 × 10.3 cm)
- Description
- Playbill magazine (2015.61.14.1), April 2014, featuring the play, "A Raisin in the Sun" written by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Kenny Leon, starring Denzel Washington, LaTanya Richardson, and Sophie Okonedo, and performed at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, New York 2014. The top third of the cover is the masthead, a yellow rectangular field with black type with the magazine's title, [PLAYBILL ®] above the text [ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATER]. Below the masthead and outlined with a Kente cloth border, is a black-and-white image tinted blue of a young boy on a street. The boy walks past a row of receding buildings seen in the upper right quadrant to the upper left. The boy is pictured on the right side near the lower corner. He holds something to his mouth in his proper left hand and holds books under his proper right arm. Behind him, centered in the image, is a woman wearing a long coat, carrying an umbrella on her proper left arm. Overlaying the image is a narrow, a Kente cloth outline of a circle. In the lower third of the image, justified on the left side, is orange text with the title of the play, which is also the main coverline, [a RAISIN / in the SUN]. Below the image at the bottom is a small yellow rectangle with a website in black text. The back cover features an ad for Gucci cologne. The magazine has fifty-two (52) pages.
- A tri-folded pamphlet of the essay "Sweet Lorraine" (2015.61.14.2) about Lorraine Hansberry, written by James Baldwin. Printed on semi-gloss paper, the pamphlet is navy blue with stylized, Kente cloth borders throughout. On the front in the upper right corner is a circular, black-and-white image of Lorraine Hansberry. Overlapping the image is white block text [SWEET / LORRAINE]. Below the title is the byline in orange text, [BY JAMES BALDWIN] followed by a line of white text that reads [THAT'S THEY WAY I ALWAYS FELT ABOUT YOU, AND SO / I WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING HER THAT NOW.]. Below the text and byline is the beginning of Baldwin's essay in white text. The inside of the pamphlet the essay continues and features four (4) circular black and white images of cityscapes. In the lower left corner of the back page is an additional black-and-white image of Hansberry. Above and around the image are the final paragraphs of the essay.
- A narrow cell phone reminder flyer (2015.61.14.3) with navy blue background with a narrow, stylized Kente cloth border, printed on glossy paper. Covering the whole of flyer is block text of varying sizes. The text is in orange and white, justified on the right side and reads [DEAR FRIENDS, / PLEASE / PROTECT YOUR / OWN GOOD TIME / AND THAT OF YOUR / NEIGHBOR BY / TURNING / OFF YOUR / CELL/ PHONE / NOW. / THANK YOU.]. The reverse is blank.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Topic
- Actors
- Broadway Theatre
- Domestic life
- Drama (Theatre)
- Families
- Poverty
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Theatre companies
- Tragedy (Theatre)
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
- Object number
- 2015.64.14.1-.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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Playbill for The First Breeze of Summer
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Used by
- Palace Theatre, American, founded 1913
- Subject of
- Ayler, Ethel, American, 1934 - 2018
- Brown, Charles, American, 1946 - 2004
- Crudup, Carl
- DeMaio, Peter, American
- Foster, Frances, American, 1924 - 1997
- Gunn, Moses, 1929 - 1993
- Drake-Hooks, Bebe
- League, Janet, American
- McKay, Anthony, American, born 1965
- Myers, Lou, American, born 1945
- Ward, Douglas Turner, born 1930
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (22.5 x 14.3 cm)
- Description
- Playbill for The First Breeze of Summer. White background with yellow box at top; white box below, graphic of woman in a dress holding a purse while standing in front of a fence and a tree. [PLAYBILL/PALACE THEATRE/ the first breeze of summer]. White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1975.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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Theatre program for The Blacks
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Barnett, Brunetta
- Belgrave, Cynthia
- Gossett, Louis Jr., American, born 1936
- Monson, Lex
- Manigault, Kenneth, American
- Roker, Roxie, American, 1929 - 1995
- St. Jacques, Raymond, American, 1930 - 1990
- Scott, Mel
- Spruill, James
- Stubbs, Louise
- Ward, Douglas Turner, born 1930
- Warfield, Marlene, American, born 1940
- Williams, Duke, American
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (23.8 x 16.2 cm)
- Description
- Theater program for The Blacks. White background with an image of four men and one woman wearing white masks. White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1961. [SHOWBILL/THE BLACKS]
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Topic
- Drama (Theatre)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Showbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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Playbill for The River Niger
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Used by
- Brooks Atkinson Theatre, American, founded 1926
- Subject of
- Brown, Graham, American, 1924 - 2011
- Foster, Frances, American, 1924 - 1997
- Irby, Dean, American
- McClain, Saundra, American
- Richen, Neville
- Roberts, Les, American, born 1937
- Roker, Roxie, American, 1929 - 1995
- Wainwright, Lennal
- Ward, Douglas Turner, born 1930
- Weldon, Charles, American, born 1940
- Whitaker, Grenna
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 x 5 5/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 cm)
- Description
- Playbill for The River Niger. White background with pink, orange, and yellow box at top; white box below with black lettering. [PLAYBILL/MAGAZINE/BROOKS ATKINSON/THEATRE/THE RIVER NIGER] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1973.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.86
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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Playbill for Def Poetry Jam on Broadway
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Used by
- Longacre Theatre, American, founded 1913
- Subject of
- Simmons, Russell Wendell, American, born 1957
- Lathan, Stan, American, born 1945
- Sia, Beau, American, born 1976
- Ice, Black, American
- Chin, Staceyann, American, born 1972
- Colman, Steve, American
- Del Valle, Mayda, American, born 1978
- Me, Georgia, American
- Hammad, Suheir, Jordanian American, born 1973
- Poetri, American, born 1974
- Lemon, American, born 1975
- Date
- 2002
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (22.2 x 14.6 cm)
- Description
- Playbill for Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. White background with yellow box at top, gray box below with large white circle center, title over the top in black. [PLAYBILL/LONGACRE THEATRE/DEF/POETRY/JAM/ON/BROADWAY] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 2002.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Movement
- Nuyorican Movement
- Type
- theater programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.