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Individual Production, Project, and
Performance Files
(continued) |
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Chicago (Fosse and Verdon)
(continued) |
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BOX 18D |
Music |
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For "It," " Funny Honey," "Roxie," "
Razzle Dazzle," "We Both Reached for the Gun," "Loopin' on the Loop," "Me
& My Baby," "My Own Best Friend" |
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BOX 19B |
Press Reviews, miscellaneous
productions |
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Press Reviews, foreign
productions |
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Press Reviews, 1973 |
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Press Reviews, 1975 |
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Newspaper Clippings, 1975 |
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Press Reviews, 1977 |
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Press Reviews, 1978 |
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Newspaper Clippings, 1978 |
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Press Reviews, 1979 |
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Press Reviews, 1985 |
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BOX 18C |
Tech Notes, undated |
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BOX 18B |
Casting, 1974-75 |
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Correspondence with Michael Shurtleff;
audition schedules; character lists; callback sheets; photo/resumes and
letters; audition lists with Bob Fosse notes |
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Casting |
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Photo/resumes; audition cards; Bob Fosse
notes |
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Casting, 1976-77 |
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See above |
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Casting |
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Photo/resumes; undated
correspondence |
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BOX 18C |
Television Commercials |
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1975 correspondence re: commercial spots,
plus television schedule |
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Rehearsal and production
schedules |
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1974 and undated; including contact
lists |
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Correspondence and schedules,
1978 |
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A few 1978 promotional schedules for
Verdon and Rivera |
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Legal/Financial |
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1974 correspondence re: Bob Fosse
production contacts; royalty agreements and correspondence about
reductions in royalties, 1974-76; 1974 prospectus for Chicago Company; Verdon's 9/74 agreement with
Chicago Co.; closing notice; file covers
1974-82, but material is sparse after 1976 |
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Financial, 1974-79 |
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Financial statements and budgets, 1974-79,
including estimated production costs, 1974, and weekly operating budgets;
assorted financial statements for 1975, 1977 |
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Correspondence, miscellaneous |
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Several theatre-goers'
complaints |
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Correspondence, re: script |
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Fred Ebb's notes on script reviews,
undated; 4/23/78 letter re: script reviews, with Bob Fosse marginal
notes |
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BOX 18E |
Playscript |
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French's musical library publication of
Chicago script (3 copies) |
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BOX 19B |
Calendar, 1986 |
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"Hirschfeld's Broadway," including Chicago caricature; Chicago publicity card |
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BOX 17C |
Chicago (Watkins) |
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Playscript of Maurine Watkins play;
photocopied press clippings from original (Watkins)
production |
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BOX Items 97C, 97K |
Posters and Handbills |
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Black and white, 17x24 photo of trade ad
for film (1); 16x27 1/2 color lobby poster from Det Danske Teater (1);
41x59 color poster, 46th Street Theatre |
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BOX 93B |
Handbill, Framed |
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14x21 color handbill, Abo Svenska Theatre,
in clear plastic modular frame |
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BOX 86A |
Handbills and Illustrations |
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Single matte folder: |
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Handbill, color, 14x19, Alexander Theatre,
1977; Handbill, 16 1/2x23 1/2, color, Teater Arena; Poster, 20x27 1/2
color, Operett Szinhaz Drawing (reproduction), Verdon dancing, by Mark
Cote (2, same) |
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Loose: |
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Caricature, on illustration board, by Mark
Cote; this is an original; there are copies elsewhere |
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BOX 85F |
Sketch |
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12x15 pencil drawing by Graff, 1978, of
Ann Reinking and Liza Minnelli as Roxie Hart; mattted in |
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20x23 frame |
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BOX 86A |
Photos |
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15x19, mounted black and white photos,
both by Murray Laden, one of Verdon, one of Verdon and Chita
Rivera |
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BOX 87A |
Framed Poster |
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16x20, color, 46th St. 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. Covers have been
removed.] |
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BOX 17A |
Script, 1st draft |
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Marked # 39, "1st draft, 8/3/73; no
annotations; 136 pp. |
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Script, 1st draft, blue vinyl
cover |
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Marked # 7, "1st draft, 8/3/73; no
annotations; 136 pp. |
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Script, 1st draft, blue vinyl
cover |
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Marked # 40; "1st draft, 8/13/73 (?);" 136
pp.; no annotations |
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Script, black vinyl cover |
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Undated; no annotations; 106 pp. plus property
list |
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Script, black vinyl cover |
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Undated; no annotations; 106 pp. plus property
list |
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Script, black vinyl cover; 106 pp. plus
property list; annotated, with handwritten dance notes on final
page |
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Rehearsal script, black spring binder
marked "Gwen Verdon," inside red binder |
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Marked # 26, "Rehearsal script, 10/21/74;"
134+ pp.; much handwritten notation, mainly 1st Act |
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BOX 17B |
Rehearsal script, black spring
binder |
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Marked "10/21/74;" handwritten notation,
including dance notes, etc.; 136+ pp. |
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Rehearsal script, black clip
binder |
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Marked 10/21/74; 71 pp., 1st Act only;
unmarked |
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Playscript, Watkins, wood-grain vinyl clip
binder |
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"Chicago, A Play in 3 Acts," by Maurine
Watkins; 103+ pp., including property plot, electrical plot, sketches,
annotations |
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Script pages |
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Both Act I and II; 150+ pp.; some handwritten
notes |
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Script pages |
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Some revisions dating 3/8/75; handwritten
notations and changes |
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Script |
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150 pp.; from folder marked "Script
corrections, 4/7/75; annotated |
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Script |
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98+ pp., marked "Script corrections;" has felt
marker and pencil notation |
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"Old script pages" |
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Very assorted pages, including entire
handwritten pages; typed "outline;" important file, heavily
annotated |
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BOX 17C |
Script |
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Marked # 99, "1st draft, 8/3/73;" 132 pp.;
unmarked |
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BOX 19A |
Script, brown vinyl 3 ring
binder |
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Director's script, including rehearsal and
production schedules 2/24/75; tabbed by scenes; with revisions and
notations |
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BOX 17C |
Playscript, Watkins |
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Chicago, by Maurine Watkins, 1927 (Alfred A.
Knopf); see also playscript in paper files, listed elsewhere |
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Recording |
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- Phono record,"Chicago Surprise 1975 - Happy Holidays from Peter
Howard"
- Location: MBRS
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BOX 19A |
Script, Gwen Verdon |
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From discarded 3 ring binder; contains script,
revised pages, personal notes, clippings, etc.; heavily annotated by
Verdon |
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BOX 17C |
Script, Gwen Verdon, corrected copy, black
vinyl cover |
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Marked on title page: "Gwen Verdon corrected
copy, as of 1/20/78;" 106 pp.; some annotation |
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Script, Act I |
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Assorted pages, Act I, with list of "small
changes" |
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Playscript, Watkins |
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Chicago, by Maurine Watkins |
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Children! Children! (Verdon)
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BOX 43A |
Script, revised 12/71, blue spring
binder |
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Cover: Gwen Verdon imprint; marked
"Revised, 12/71;" 95 pp.; extensively annotated |
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Script miscellany, belongs with above
script |
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Loose pages originally with above script,
including pages of script changes, many memo pad pages of dialogue in
Verdon's hand and others'; couple letters re: script changes |
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BOX 43C |
2 sheets of music |
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BOX 43A |
Script, revised 12/71 |
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Marked same; 92 pp.; very few
markings |
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BOX 43C |
Newspaper Clippings |
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BOX 43A |
Magazine Reviews |
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New York, 3/16/72: mention in "Best
Bets" |
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Programs |
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Playbills: Ritz Theatre, 2/72 (6 copies);
Ritz Theatre souvenir programs (4) |
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Cocoon (and Cocoon: The Return) (Verdon)
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Newspaper Clippings |
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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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Magazine Reviews |
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Night Life, 6/85: "Back on the Screen in
This Summer's Cocoon: Gwen Verdon," by Jane Waldman (2
copies) |
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Golden Years, 11/88: "Cocoon: The
Return" |
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Premiere Program |
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