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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 View
    Culture/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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57cd3b5ab-8cb8-450a-ac1a-fe8edceb15f1
  • 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 View
    Culture/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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57f7188d5-f979-4816-b77a-88a67a066e71
  • 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 View
    Culture/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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56bcb8360-0dcf-45bb-baf3-3795638a0ac4
  • 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
    Topic
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
    Object number
    2011.45.29
    Restrictions & Rights
    Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50f774153-3640-4daa-8579-8f94d946ec5e
  • 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52b8783f8-c0af-4f94-b241-b96c062c1e09
  • 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
    Topic
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
    Object number
    2011.45.86
    Restrictions & Rights
    Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54bd62fe8-75c6-47a6-81a2-75e06a5242f9
  • 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
    Topic
    Broadway Theatre
    Hip hop (Music)
    Spoken word (Poetry)
    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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd515f2d3dc-172d-48b6-83f8-8d20134623aa
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