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Individual Production, Project, and
Performance Files
(continued) |
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Bells Are Ringing (Fosse)
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BOX 43A |
Program |
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Shubert Theatre, July 1957 |
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Legal Contracts |
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8/2/56 Fosse agreement with Comden, Green,
Styne (original and photocopy); Bob Fosse and Theatre Guild, choreography
agreement; 10/27/56 Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse, for choreographic
collaboration; Tams-Witmark Music Library, 8/23/57; 7/15/57 British
rights and royalties; 2/16/59, LA Civic Light Opera, play rights and
interests; several letters regarding percentages and
miscellaneous |
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Big Deal (Fosse)
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BOX 8D |
Playbills |
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May 1986, Broadway Theatre (20
copies) |
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May 1986, Broadway Theatre (20
copies) |
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April 1986, Broadway Theatre (2
copies);June 1986, Broadway Theatre; Feb. 1986, Shubert Theatre (3
copies); March 1986, Shubert Theatre; Panorama (Boston weekly guide)
2/10-23/86 (2 copies); Playbill, Jack Lawrence Theatre, 4/86 (article on
Big Deal) |
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BOX 8C |
Magazine Reviews |
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Dance Magazine, 7/86: "Fosse's Follies" by
Kevin Grubb |
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New York Magazine, 4/7/86: "Bob Fosse's
New Big Deal," by Kevin Kelly (3 copies) |
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Newsweek, 4/21/86: "Broadway Boogie
Woogie," by Jack Kroll |
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Time, 4/21/86: "Slick, Sassy, Borrowed and
Blue," by Wm. A. Henry III |
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Vanity Fair, 4/86: "Glossy Fosse," by
Sylviane Gold |
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Dance Magazine, 8/86: "Fosse and His
Followers," by Kevin Grubb |
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BOX 8A |
Tech Notes, Shubert, Boston |
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All from March, with Bob Fosse
notes |
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Tech Notes, Shubert, Boston |
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February and March, with Bob Fosse
notes |
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Tech Notes, Broadway |
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April, some Bob Fosse notes |
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Tech Notes, Miscellaneous |
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BOX 8B |
Stage Managers Reports |
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1986, very few |
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Big Deal Film Shoot |
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Film shooting schedule, 1985; script pages
for scene to be shot |
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Big Deal Running Order |
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Running order, 1/20/86 (2 copies);
annotated by Bob Fosse, and a story board |
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Research |
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News clippings, postcards, FDR Inaugural
address, 1933; list of 1930s movie titles |
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Actor's Equity |
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1985 correspondence re: guidelines and
regulations |
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Script Notes: Herb Gardner |
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Herb Gardner's notes (and transcript) on
script; also includes long memo from Bob Fosse's secretary, dated 4/7;
company phone list; dressing room list |
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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 8C |
Newspaper Clippings |
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BOX 8B |
Correspondence, 1983: Big Deal On Madonna Street
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Italian film; correspondence re: rights
acquisition for Big Deal on Madonna Street:
involves Stuart Ostrow, Allen Deutsch, Bob Fosse, Giovanna Cau;
correspondence re: Peter Allen on music/lyrics matters |
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Applicants For Book And Music |
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Applications, photo/resumes,
correspondence |
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Correspondence, personal |
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Re: Big Deal:
people's responses to show, telegrams, letters; opening night
correspondence |
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Contact Sheets |
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For company |
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BOX 9B |
Casting |
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10/23/85 auditions with Howard Feuer at
Minskoff: photo/resumes, memos, audition schedules, notes, contact
sheets, recommendations, character assignments, etc. |
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Miscellaneous photo/resumes |
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"Possible Yes, "A" file
rejects" |
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"Finals 11/22/85" |
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Audition cards |
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"Callbacks, Fri., 11/22/85" |
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Audition cards, photo/resumes, schedules,
contact sheets |
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"Finals, "B" file
photo/resumes" |
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"Finals, "No," photo/resumes" |
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General photo/resumes, letters |
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"#3, women outs" |
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Audition cards, Bob Fosse
notes |
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"Polaroids and "A" file
photo/resumes" |
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BOX 8B |
Production Miscellaneous, including technical
crew and cast |
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Talent list for production budget; Big Deal reading cast list, 1981; casting
correspondence with Howard Feuer; script assignments; film
shoot/lyrics/dance notes; Herb Gardner's "2nd verse of Who's Yr. Little
Whozis?" |
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Production Correspondence |
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3/19/86 letter from Gerry Schoenfeld,
Chairman of the Board, Shubert Organization, to Bob Fosse detailing their
suggestions for changes, etc. in show, 3 pp. |
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BOX 9A |
Legal/Financial Correspondence,
1969-86 |
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1968, financial and rights agreements with
writers, producers, director, including Italian movie rights
correspondence; correspondence re contracts: Bob Fosse -
director/choreographer; copyright search report, correspondence with
David Begelman and Sam Cohn; including some miscellaneous such as theatre
charges, Bob Fosse |
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Legal Contracts (#1) |
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Bob Fosse contracts and drafts: production
contract with Shuberts; director services; choreography; Riff Productions
(executive producer services); letter agreement; and explanatory letters
between Bob Fosse and ICM |
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Legal Contracts (#2) |
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Production contract with Shuberts
(duplicate); memos re: Bob Fosse contracts; Dramatists Guild
correspondence; various contract revisions; material on royalty
participation; other correspondence on various payments and advances
between Bob Fosse, ICM, et al |
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BOX 8B |
Correspondence: Publicity |
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Correspondence with Bert Fink of Fred
Nathan Public Relations, and Lee Gross, re: publicity schedules for Big Deal; some miscellaneous |
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BOX 9A |
"Daily Cuts & Changes" |
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February 14-21 |
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Script Revisions |
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Revised script pages with actor's
assignments; extensive files |
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Bows |
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Correspondence: Pete Hamill |
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Miscellaneous articles Hamill sent Bob
Fosse for possible Big Deal use |
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Music Research
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[Note: All from box marked same; titles in
quotes are from original folders.] |
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BOX 12A |
"Lyrics" , green 3 ring binder |
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Lyrics with some annotations |
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"Song Titles", blue 3 ring
binder |
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Song titles with notes; correspondence with
ASCAP and ICM re: song rights; partial list of publishers |
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BOX 12D |
"Song Titles, 20's - 30's -
40's" |
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BOX 12A |
"Big Deal Lyrics" |
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Some annotation; information on Minskoff
Theatre rehearsal studios; description of main Big
Deal characters and several script pages |
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"Big Deal Songs" |
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Lyrics, some annotation |
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BOX 12B |
"Lyric Sheets" |
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Some annotation |
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Miscellaneous Sheet Music |
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Words and music; 1 page of lyric
notes |
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BOX 12C |
"Sheet Music" |
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Song Titles |
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Annotated; 1920-29; 1930-39 |
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"Tunes" |
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BOX 12D |
"Tunes" |
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"Lyrics" |
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BOX 12E |
Song Books |
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- "70 Songs: 1920-40," Home Library Series
- "The Swing Era: World's Greatest Hits of the 20's &
30's"
- "Star Dust and 40 Golden Era Hits"
- "Great Songs of the 30's"
- "First Time Ever: 650 Outstanding Songs"
- "The Golden Era of Nostalgia Music, Vol. 4"
- "Swing & the Big Band Era," Great Songs of the Century
Series
- "Songs from the Golden Eras: 1930-49"
- "1001 Jumbo Song Book"
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Mounted Photographs
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[Note: All shots of cast and scenes are
from production.] |
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BOX 96F |
20x29, color, mounted on cardboard, man
dancing with shadow of a dollar sign |
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BOX 95A |
29x64, color, mounted on
cardboard |
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BOX 95B |
64x29, color, mounted on
cardboard |
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BOX 95C |
64x29 color, mounted on
cardboard |
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BOX 96B |
43x29 color, mounted on
cardboard |
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BOX 96C |
43x29 color, mounted on
cardboard |
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BOX 96D |
48x21 color, mounted on
cardboard |
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BOX 96E |
48x31 color, mounted on
cardboard |
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Set Model
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BOX 98 |
36" L x 25" H x 28"W, model of
set |
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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. Covers have been
removed.] |
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BOX 66A |
Script, 1958 film, red cover |
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Translated from Italian movie directed by
Mario Monicelli, unmarked |
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Script, early, red clip
notebook |
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Undated, early annotated draft |
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Script, 1st draft, 4/5/69 |
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Inside marked by Bob Fosse: "Before selection
of composer; 111 pp.; annotated with revisions and deletions |
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Script, 1st draft, 7/1/69, black vinyl
cover 166 pp.; unmarked |
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Script, original |
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