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Individual Production, Project, and Performance Files
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Chicago (Fosse and Verdon)
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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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The Conquering Hero (Fosse)
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BOX 43B |
Script, 1st draft |
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Marked #4, and "Robert Linden" on cover; title: "The Hero;" these are two scripts taped together, 1st and 2nd acts; 78 pp. each act; few annotations |
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Contracts, 1960-61 |
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Bob Fosse correspondence with MSC Artists; Bob Fosse contract; correspondence with Producer's Theatre; agreements re: rights to the Preston Sturges property; MBPC (minimum basic production contract) involving authorship; 4/6/60 Fosse letter to Robert Freyer and Lawrence Carr outlining his complaints about their professional relationships (photocopy); miscellaneous; extensive file |
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Fosse Notes |
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Notes on Gotcha Ballet, War Ballet and others; sketch for narrative of ballet; script page excerpts, annotated; handwritten choreography/music/dialogue notes by Bob Fosse - Fosse's working notes; original folder title: "Notes and Ballet narration (some scenes), suggestions by Gelbart for campaign." |
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Legal/Arbitration |
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Newspaper clippings on arbitration; legal papers on R. Fosse vs Producers Theatre, Inc. 1960-61, regarding Bob Fosse choreography; correspondence, exhibits; 8/28/61 notice of award by American Arbitration Association; Arbitrator's award - 6 cents - on note card, plus news clipping on award |
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Program |
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National Theatre, 11/60 |
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Fosse Notebook |
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Small (5x7) notebook containing handwritten notes, "Hero" (and other) |
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BOX 57C |
Music |
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Music for "The Campaign" |
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The Cotton Club (Verdon)
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BOX 43B |
Premiere Program |
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Damn Yankees (Stage) (Fosse and Verdon)
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Programs |
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46th Street Theatre Playbill, 5/55, 5/56; 2 souvenir programs |
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Legal |
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Bob Fosse choreography contract, with draft material |
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Magazine Reviews |
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Saturday Review, 5/21/55: "A Frank Marriedwell Story," by Henry Hewes |
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Newsweek, 5/16/55: "The Bases Loaded" |
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Time, 5/16/55: "New Musical in Manhattan" (2 copies) |
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Theatre Arts, 11/56: "The Complete Text of Damn Yankees" |
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Vogue, 5/15/55: "People Are Talking About..." |
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Newspaper Clippings |
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BOX 57C |
Music |
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Music sheets for "Who's Got the Pain," "Brains and Talent" |
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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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Damn Yankees, pages from single fragile scrapbook
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Damn Yankees, 1955: magazines; 1974: clippings
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Damn Yankees, 1955: clippings
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Damn Yankees, 1955: clippings
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Loose |
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- Variety, 5/11/55: "Baseball B.O. Poison," page one
- Billboard, 5/14/55
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BOX 86A |
Photos, matte folder: |
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15x 19 1/2 black and white photo of Verdon in "Whatever Lola Wants" costume (damaged) |
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BOX 93A |
Posters: |
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Framed poster, 15x23, color, original, Verdon in baseball shirt, 46th St. Theatre |
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Framed poster, 15x23, color, original, Verdon in "Whatever Lola Wants" costume, 46th St. Theatre |
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BOX 86A |
Miscellaneous |
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Sports Illustrated montage of magazine photos of Verdon in baseball uniform, 16x19 |
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Damn Yankees (Film)
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BOX 43B |
Legal |
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1957 contract, Warner Bros. and Gwen Verdon; 1958 contract, Bob Fosse and Warner Bros.; contract notes; single letter re: use of choreography in another production |
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Newspaper Clippings |
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Ad Cuts, 2 |
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BOX 86A |
Ad Cuts, 3, single matte folder |
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Damn Yankees (1974 Revival)
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BOX 43B |
Programs |
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Arie Crown Music Theatre, Chicago, undated and 1972, multiple copies |
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Newspaper Clippings |
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BOX 43C |
Press Reviews |
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This category includes transcripts of radio and television coverage, as well as print reviews |
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Press, Fragile |
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Fragile clippings, bound to matte board, from: Damn Yankees, 1974: clippings, bound with 1955 magazines |
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Dance Me A Song (Fosse)
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BOX 43B |
Newspaper Clippings |
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Program |
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Royale Theatre Playbill, 1/1950 |
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