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Individual Production, Project, and
Performance Files
(continued) |
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Pippin (Fosse)
(continued) |
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Same as above |
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Stuart Ostrow Foundation, 1973-81
(3) |
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Same as above |
BOX 25A |
Research |
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Photocopied book excerpts, including
"Musical Instruments of the Medieval Age" |
BOX 25B |
Casting |
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Correspondence, Stuart Ostrow, Michael
Shurtleff, Bob Fosse, 1972-73; audition schedules, recall lists, casting
cards, etc. |
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Same as above; 1971-77 |
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Same as above; plus polaroids |
BOX 25A |
Stage Manager's Reports, 1977 |
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January- May 1977, December
1976 |
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Tech Notes |
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For 2/3/76 and undated performances;
6/13/74 letter from Bob Fosse to cast |
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Pippin Company Financial
Statements |
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11/30/75, 12/28/75 |
BOX 24C |
Ostrow Foundation Financial
Statements |
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Not related to Pippin; dated 1974, 75, 76, 78 |
BOX 25A |
Sheehan Tele-Scenes (1) |
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Same as 27 below |
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Sheehan Tele-Scenes (2) |
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Concerning television production; contact
sheet/cast list; 1981-82 correspondence between David Sheehan and Bob
Fosse, plus related correspondence (e.g. DGA) including: production
concept, proposed production schedule, notes (not Bob Fosse) on
arrangements, terms, editing; 2/1/81 contract for options to Pippin (Hirson/Schwartz); 3/26/81 copy of final
agreement Sheehan Tele-Scenes/Hillard Elkins Organization (executive
producer); Pippin post-production editing
schedule; Hollywood Reporter press; extensive Bob Fosse notes; program
for Hamilton Place production of Pippin;
miscellany |
BOX 25C |
Family Home Entertainment |
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Handbill ads for 1981 release of Pippin; 2 news clippings re: auction of Pippin videotape rights, and settlement between
MCPS Video Industries vs. David Sheehan Tele-scenes |
BOX 25A |
Correspondence, including Opening Night,
1972 |
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9/11/72 opening night: telegrams, personal
notes, also on subsequent performances |
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Vienna Production |
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1973 correspondence re: Theater An Der
Wein production |
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Las Vegas Review |
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1973 draft agreement re: show |
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Pippin Production Miscellaneous,
1971-75 |
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1971 correspondence Bob Fosse to Ostrow;
various cast lists; set budget 8/7/72; stage moves for cast; 12/29/71
tentative production schedule; lists on characters, costume changes, set
elements; production schedule, London, 1973; Bob Fosse memorial for Irene
Ryan; correspondence 1977, Alvin Deutsch and Bob Fosse re: revised
script; 1973 Ostrow to Bob Fosse on Pippin
motion picture; 1977 Deutsch to Bob Fosse on National Road tour, plus
travel schedule; memos on Pippin television
commercial and costs; job requests; Bob Fosse notes on Pippin
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BOX 85F |
Pippin Poster and Art |
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Color poster, 41 x 64 1/2; photo montage
of color snapshots of cast members, 21 x 18 1/2, on suede leather
backing, handmade |
BOX 93A |
Posters |
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Framed poster, 15x23, color, Opera House
at the Kennedy Center |
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Framed poster, black and white, 16x22, Box
87B with press quotes |
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Scripts
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[Note: Identifications such as "Director's
final draft," or "rehearsal draft," are taken directly from the scripts
themselves, as are dates. Scripts may be duplicates. The terms
"annotated," "notations," "markings" refer not only to commentary written
on the scripts, but also any cuts, revisions, dialogue changes, etc.,
that have been marked on a particular script.] |
BOX 24A |
Script (Revised) |
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Undated; marked # 26; with revisions dated
2/27/72; some handwritten Bob Fosse annotation; 103 pp. |
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Script, blue vinyl cover |
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Undated; 107 pp.; no annotations |
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Script, blue vinyl cover |
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Undated; marked # 6; 107 pp.; no
annotations |
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Rehearsal Script, 8/7/72, blue vinyl
cover |
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Marked # 2, "Bob Fosse" written on title page;
contains revisions dated 8/22, 9/10; annotations by Bob Fosse (and
other), and diagram/sketches |
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Production Script, 10/23/72, blue vinyl
cover |
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Marked "authorized version;" 96 pp. no
annotation |
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Production Script, 10/23/72, blue vinyl
cover, 96 pp. no annotation |
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Production Script, 10/23/72 |
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Marked "authorized version;" 96 pp. no
annotation |
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Production Script, 10/23/72 |
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Marked "authorized version;" 96 pp. no
annotation |
BOX 24B |
Production Script, 10/23/72 |
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Marked "authorized version;" 96 pp.; with
extensive original and photocopied annotations; this would seem to
contain Bob Fosse's notes upon seeing the play with an audience |
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Rehearsal Script, 8/7/72, red spring
cover |
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Marked # 43, "Copy revised" and "Bob Fosse;"
with numerous revised pages, some original (not Bob Fosse) and
photocopied changes |
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Production Script, 4/1/76, black vinyl
cover |
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Marked "authorized version;" 96 pp. no
annotation |
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Script Revisions |
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200+ revised script pages; handwritten
annotations; very miscellaneous |
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Script Pages and Revisions |
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Early version with revisions and handwritten
annotations; pages marked "rough draft"; some of this is from Roger
Hirson and includes a note to Bob Fosse from Roger Hirson on
changes. |
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Script Revisions |
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Assorted pages of script revisions; few
annotations; Bob Fosse note at front |
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Script Revisions |
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More pages, multiple dates, some
annotation |
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Production Script, 4/1/74, 96 pp.;
unmarked |
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Pleasures and Palaces (Fosse)
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BOX 46A |
Programs |
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Souvenir program |
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Newspaper Clippings |
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Including coverage of Bob Fosse's lawsuit
on choreography |
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Script, 1/25/65 |
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Marked "Bob Fosse;" extensively
annotated |
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Fosse's Notebook |
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With handwritten dance notes,
etc. |
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Costumes |
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Copies of Wittop's design sketches;
costume research from file marked "Fashions & Costumes" |
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Script Pages |
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Partial script, lots of revisions and
annotation; lyric sheets; note to Bob Fosse re: understudies |
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Casting |
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Audition schedules and notes (some of
these marked "Ex-Lover"; this was the original title) |
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Legal/Financial |
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1964 draft contract and notes, Bob Fosse
director/choreographer; agreements with Music Theatre International over
net profits; many Jack Perlman notes (Jack Perlman was Bob Fosse's
attorney); 1965 assistant choreographer contracts; royalty and box office
correspondence; proposed Detroit production schedule |
BOX 85F |
Poster |
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Color lithograph, 14x22, Fisher Theatre,
Detroit |
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The Red Mill (Verdon)
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BOX 58B |
Program |
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Souvenir program, 1940, Victor Herbert's
The Red Mill, featuring the Broadbent
Ballet Dancers, with Gwen Verdon |
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Redhead (Fosse and Verdon)
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BOX 46B |
Script, red vinyl cover |
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Undated; 113 pp.; some annotation (Gwen
Verdon's copy?); list of musical numbers, lyrics |
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Newspaper Clippings, Philadelphia |
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Newspaper Clippings, New York and Washington,
D.C. |
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Songsheets |
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"I Feel Merely Marvelous," "The Right
Finger of My Left Hand;" |
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Programs |
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Playbills: 46th St. Theatre, 2/2/59 (2
copies), 1959, 5/18/59; Shubert Theatre, 3/60, 4/60; National Theatre
1958 (59?); Shubert, Philadelphia; Shubert, New Haven, 12/27/58 (world
premiere); handbills (3) from Arie Crown Theatre at McCormick
Place |
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Magazine Reviews |
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Dance Magazine, 5/59: "Closeup of
Redhead," by Leo Lerman (2 copies) |
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This Week (D.C.), 12/28/58 (2
copies) |
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Dance Magazine, 3/59: "At the Theatre," by
Leo Lerman |
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Contracts |
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Gwen Verdon's 1958 contract draft,
extensive changes and Perlman notes; Bob Fosse's 1958 contract,
director/choreographer; miscellaneous contracts, including Donald
McKayle's for additional choreography |
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Stationary |
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Redhead-logo business envelopes; few thank
you notes |
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McKayle vs. Fosse |
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1959-60, extensive: Perlman notes,
documentation (such as Gwen Verdon's handwritten account of events,
"preparation for exam before trial," cross examinations, summonses,
interviews, etc.) and general legal papers on McKayle vs. Fosse
lawsuit |
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Newspaper Clippings, general |
BOX 57E |
Music |
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"Simply Marvelous," "I Feel Merely
Marvelous," "Tom's Apartment," "Look Who's in Love," "'Erbie Fitch's
Dilemma," "Pickpocket Tango," "The Right Finger of Me Left
Hand" |
BOX 86D |
Press, Fragile |
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Fragile magazines (complete), magazine
pages, and newspaper clippings, bound to matte board, from: |
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Redhead, 1958-60 |
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Life Magazine, 2/23/59: Redhead (Verdon) cover (2 complete
magazines) |
BOX 85F |
Posters |
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Color, 41x64, 46th St. Theatre |
BOX 93A |
Poster, framed |
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Framed poster, 15x23, original, color,
46th St. Theatre |
BOX 86A |
Photos |
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Redhead (loose): 13x16 black and white
mounted photo of Verdon and Richard Kiley, by Murray Laden |
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The Seasons Of Youth (Fosse)
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BOX 46C |
Newspaper Clippings |
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Note: Nov. 1/61 ABC television
special |
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