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Individual Production, Project, and
Performance Files
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Sweet Charity (Stage) (Fosse and Verdon)
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[Note: "Stage" refers to the original stage
production. The film version is listed separately, as are
revivals.] |
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BOX 29D, 30E |
Magazine Reviews |
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Life, March 25, 1966 |
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Impresario, December, 1965: "Verdon Is
Back - and Sweet Charity has her!" by Florence Semon |
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BOX 30D - E |
Press Reviews |
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This category includes transcripts of
radio and television coverage, as well as print reviews |
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Newspaper Clippings |
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Contains newspaper clippings only,
1965 |
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BOX 26C |
Legal Correspondence, 1964-66 |
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Correspondence, Jack Perlman, 1964, re:
Sweet Charity financial negotiations;
assistant choreographer agreement with Robert Tucker, 1965;
correspondence related to various agreements, with Columbia Records,
Fellini, Fields, Coleman, Nancy Enterprises, etc.; correspondence re:
subsidiary rights, credit negotiations, royalties, foreign rights,
national company proposal, Random House publication rights, Sweet Charity - England, Australia, Las Vegas;
12/22/65 partnership agreement for "The Small World of Charity;" 9/14/65
Gwen Verdon/Fryer, Carr and Harris contract etc. |
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Legal Correspondence, 1967-69 |
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Correspondence re: Caesar's Palace - Las
Vegas Sweet Charity; Ed Sullivan Show, 1967;
royalty problems with Sweet Charity, London,
Australia, New York; Greek Theatre, LA; Fellini agreements; Tams-Witmark
Music Library, etc. |
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Financial, 1966-67 |
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Australian admissions and royalties
record, 8/67; financial condition reports (Hollender and Shapiro) for
Sweet Charity Company, 6/67, Las Vegas
and NY; box office statements, Palace Theatre, NY, 3-4-5/66; balance
sheet 6/67; financial condition statements, Las Vegas, NY for 10/67; 3
pp. documenting minor expenses; summary of operations sheets for National
Tour, 10/67 |
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Martin Charnin vs. Fryer, Carr and Harris,
Inc. |
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Correspondence from Jack Perlman re:
Charnin vs. Fryer, Carr and Harris, Inc., CHARITY Company and Robert
Fosse, 1966-69, including release form ($1) dated 12/71; 2 copies of the
cross examination of Bob Fosse in this case, 3/69, 6/69; 7/67 legal pad
notes, handwritten (Perlman): "Fosse account of Events;" Drama Bookshop
bill with Bob Fosse note: "Jack - very important...don't lose" (pertains
to case; 2 pp. handwritten Bob Fosse notes |
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BOX 26F |
Costumes |
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8x10 photos of costume sketches for most
characters, 30, marked "In" and "Out" |
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BOX 26D |
Lyrics - Director's |
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Tabbed lyric sheets with Bob Fosse notes,
cuts, revisions, etc. |
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BOX 26F |
Costume Plot |
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Black 3 ring binder with photos of
sketches, 10/27/65, costume plot with notes and item lists |
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BOX 26E |
Sheet Music |
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2 are autographed by Simon, Coleman,
Fields: "If My Friends...," "Poor Everybody Else;" also: "Where Am I
Going," "Big Spender," "Too Many Tomorrows," "Baby, Dream Your Dream,"
"You Should See Yourself" |
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BOX 26F |
Sheet Music |
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"You Should See Yourself" (2 copies); "If
My Friends..." (2 copies) |
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BOX 26D |
Correspondence, Opening Night |
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1/29/66; extensive telegrams and
correspondence |
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Miscellaneous |
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Telegram announcing tour of NYC company;
note on 1967 program; Bob Fosse itinerary for Miami tour; costume list
from Eaves-Brooks Costume Company, undated; 2 programs from Banshees
award to Bob Hope, 4/26/66, featuring dances from Sweet Charity
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BOX 30C |
Premiere |
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2 souvenir programs, 2 opening night
tickets |
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BOX 26D, 30C |
Programs |
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Playbills: Shubert Theatre, 12/66 (2
copies), Palace Theatre, 6/67; Stagebills: Palace Theatre, 1/67, 2/67,
2/66 (3 copies), 9/66, 10/66 |
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BOX 57C |
Songbook |
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Songbook, "Sweet Charity: Vocal
Selections" |
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BOX 86A |
Miscellaneous |
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Sketch, 12 1/2 x 18,"Dear Ms. Charity
...," by Bob Costello |
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BOX 86B |
Handbill |
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Sweet Charity (stage), 15x22, color, Theatre
de la Music production |
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BOX 93A |
Poster |
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Framed poster, 15x23, original, color,
Verdon, Palace Theatre |
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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. Also check "Sweet Charity
(Revivals) - scripts" for Las Vegas, 1967, version.] |
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BOX 26A |
Script, "Original Two Act
Version..." |
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Marked "Original 2 Act Version, before Simon,"
and "Book by Bert Louis," dated 7/10/65; 143 pp., carbon and originals
(?), with handwritten annotations; also marked "Bob's original script for
Sweet Charity" |
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Script, early "Fosse version" |
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Marked # 24, "Gwen Verdon, Fosse Version,
"Book by Bert Louis;" 135 pp., very few annotations, but includes notes
such as "This is to be musicalized..." |
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Script, revised 8/65 |
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Carbon; 75 pp.; Act One only; no
annotations |
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Script, Act Two, draft, 62 pp., Act Two;
some annotation; carbon |
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Script, Neil Simon's 1st draft, grey
binder |
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Marked "Doc's 1st draft;" incomplete, mainly
2nd Act, few annotations |
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Script, Neil Simon's 1st Act revisions,
red folder |
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Marked same and "Revised, Aug. 1965;"
unmarked; ALSO: miscellaneous - character list for "New Act I," staff
directory, tentative production schedule 8/24/65, dancer list,
"conceivable running order," "possible numbers, both songs & dances,"
some lyrics; also: red folder marked "Extra Pages," "I don't know where
they belong," containing assorted unmarked script pages |
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Script, first cuts, orange vinyl
cover |
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Marked "First Cuts" "Bob Fosse" and # 62,
"Book by Neil Simon; 119 pp.; few annotations |
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Script, green cover |
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Marked "Book by Neil Simon," # 51, "Broadway
Version;" 119 pp.; no annotations |
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Script, green cover |
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Marked "Book by Neil Simon," # 51 (sic),
"Broadway Version;" 119 pp.; no annotations |
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Script, green cover |
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Marked "Book by Neil Simon," # 51 (sic),
"Broadway Version;" 119 pp.; no annotations |
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BOX 26B |
Production script, Paul Phillips, black
spring binder |
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Marked # 8; Phillips was stage manager; tabbed
script with all acts marked, including tech plot, light cues, etc.,
annotated; and file folder marked "(Paul Phillips) advance materials for
Sweet Charity" includes xeroxed photos, prop list, running order, staff
directory |
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BOX 30B |
Fosse's Notebook |
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Containing handwritten choreography notes,
etc. |
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BOX 26A |
Fosse Notes |
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This has some Sweet
Charity filmscript pages, but also has notes attached to
various drafts: A) "Early notes on show called Dance Hall before seeing
Cabiria" B) "Translation of Spanish Man in (?) Charnin didn't get" C)
"Misc. notes on Sweet Charity;" These notes
are in Bob Fosse's hand |
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BOX 27A |
Script, orange vinyl cover |
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Title paged marked "old, #80;" 119 pp.;
unmarked; undated |
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Script, red vinyl cover |
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Marked #1; 126 pp.; unmarked; including cast
of characters, synopsis of scenes, musical numbers, etc. |
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Script, red vinyl cover |
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Marked #26; 126 pp.; unmarked; including cast
of characters, synopsis of scenes, musical numbers, etc. |
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Script, red vinyl cover, 126 pp.;
unmarked; including cast of characters, synopsis of scenes, musical
numbers, etc. |
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Script, blue vinyl cover, 126 pp.;
unmarked; including cast of characters, synopsis of scenes, musical
numbers, etc. |
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Script, Tams-Witmark Music Library, maroon
vinyl cover, 126 pp.; no notation; labeled "Property of Tams-Witmark
Music Library on cover |
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Sweet Charity (Film)
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BOX 30D |
Magazine Reviews |
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Look, 7/9/68: "Sweet Charity" by Jack
Hamilton (2 copies) |
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Dance Magazine, 2/69: "Bob Fosse
Translates Sweet Charity from Stage to Screen," by Viola Hegyi Swisher (2
copies) |
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Motion Picture Herald, 6/68: "On the Set
of Sweet Charity," by Tom Gray |
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Dance Magazine, 7/69: "Sweet Charity," by
Maria Harriton (cut out) |
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Today's Cinema 2/24/69: "How Fosse Went To
Hollywood," by John Ware |
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Kine Weekly (UK), 2/22/69: Sweet Charity review, by Graham
Clarke |
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BOX 30C |
Preview Program |
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BOX 30E |
Newspaper Clippings |
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BOX 30D |
Press Reviews |
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This category includes transcripts of
radio and television coverage, as well as print reviews |
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BOX 30E |
Newspaper Clippings, France |
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BOX 30A |
Legal Correspondence, 1966-68 |
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Correspondence re: motion picture rights,
Fellini (Nights Of Cabiria), and De
Laurentiis; extensive correspondence on the Universal Pictures rights
purchase; correspondence re: agreements with Fields, Simon, Bob Fosse;
copy of procedure re: distribution of monies with respect to motion
picture rights for Sweet Charity;
correspondence re: associate producer (Bob Fosse) with Universal
Pictures; correspondence re: music rights |
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Step Outline |
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I.A.L. Diamond, 7/28/67 (2
copies) |
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Locations Research, NYC |
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Postcards and brochures; extensive photo
file stored elsewhere |
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Preview Cards |
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Phoenix, AZ 12/6/68; Chicago, IL
12/7/68 |
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Miscellaneous |
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Correspondence, personal congratulations;
Schiller interview with Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse; undated Bob Fosse
biography; correspondence from the Association Francaise de la Critique
protesting cut version of film from Universal, May 1969; staff and crew
list, etc. |
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Recording |
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4/23/68 phonodisc recording of "I'm a
Brass Band rehearsal (film?) |
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Location: MBRS |
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BOX 27E |
Clapboard |
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Universal City Studios, 6/15/68,
autographed by crew |
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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.] |
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BOX 30A |
Screenplay, 1st draft, 8/8/67, red
cover |
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Marked "1st draft screenplay by I.A.L. Diamond
(Scenes 1 through 87) 8/8/67;" 27 pp.; few annotations |
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Screenplay, 1st draft, 8/17/67, yellow
cover |
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Marked "1st draft screenplay by I.A.L.
Diamond, Scenes 1 through 75, revised 8/17/67;" 51 pp.,
annotations |
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Screenplay, 1st draft, 11/16/67, green
cover |
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By Peter Stone; 84 pp.; some
annotations |
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Screenplay, 1st draft, 11/28/67,
"Director", green Universal Studios cover |
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Marked "Director" on cover; by Peter Stone;
with Bob Fosse notes and markings; 146 pp. |
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Screenplay, 1st draft, 11/28/67, green
Universal Studios cover |
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Unmarked copy; 146 pp. |
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BOX 27C |
Final screenplay, "Director's," 1/17/68,
black 3 ring binder |
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Marked on cover: "Script, Mr. Fosse;" 140 pp.,
with revised pages; some annotation |
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BOX 30B |
Synopsis, Notes, Nights Of Cabiria
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4/67 synopsis of the film Nights Of Cabiria; synopsis of Sweet Charity, by Neil Simon; notes (typed) to
Bob Fosse from Robert Arthur on film editing; script pages, dialogue,
revisions, and extensive annotations, with extensive Bob Fosse
handwritten versions and notes. Note: This file contains some material
pertaining to the original stage production, but was kept intact as Fosse
had filed it |
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Screenplay, 1st draft 9/28/67, blue spring
binder: The Carol Burnett Show, Gwen Verdon) |
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By Peter Stone; 122 pp; some
annotations; |
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