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Individual Production, Project, and
Performance Files
(continued) |
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Chicago (Fosse and Verdon)
(continued) |
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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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Dancin' (Fosse)
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BOX 85F |
Handbills |
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2 handbills, 14x22, full color, Broadhurst
Theatre (1 on cardboard) |
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BOX 97D |
Posters And Ad Cuts |
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Foreign Dancin' posters: 15x22, color, Palais de Congres, Paris;
16x23, color, Theatre Mogador, Paris; 13 x 27 1/2 (not illustrated,
handbill), Teatro Comunale Bologna; 27x39, color, Teatro Petruzzelli,
1983 |
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BOX 85A |
2 sheets of ad cuts (mildewed) |
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The Danny Kaye Show (Verdon)
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[Note: Verdon appeared on 7 episodes of The
Danny Kaye Show between 1963 and 1965.] |
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BOX 43C |
Newspaper Clippings, 1965 |
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BOX 43B |
Magazine Reviews |
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Dance Magazine, 11/64: "Turn on
TV" |
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Legal |
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Notes and 1 p. correspondence on contract
draft |
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