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BOX 1 MAPCASE FOLDER 1 Production Files, 1959-2014
This series includes photographs and performance programs collected by Rockette dancer Ann Murphy, with the bulk of the materials representing shows in which she appeared. The performance programs include a listing of all of the music and dance numbers, along with the credits of the feature film. Until the 1980s, the individual names of the Rockettes or the Music Hall ballet dancers were not included in the program credits unless the performer had a specific solo or other featured part. Some of the production photographs show celebrity visitors, such as Walt Disney and Lassie.
Titles given for the Radio City Music Hall productions listed here are for the live-performance variety shows, not the feature films.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 Happy Land Salute to Israel, 1959 September
3 photographs
Includes: Lassie, co-star Jon Provost ("Timmy"), and the Rockettes kickline
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Fall Frolic, 1959 October
2 photographs; 1 program
Note: Halloween theme
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 Contrasts in Rhythm, 1959 November
2 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Far East to Far West, 1960 February
1 photograph
Includes: Prarie Town USA set with cowboy theme
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 Tulip Time in Holland, 1960 March
2 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 Follies of 1960, 1960 May
1 photograph
Note: Rockettes costumed as bridesmaids
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 Hawai'i USA, 1960 June
1 photograph
Note: Rockettes costumed as sailors
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 Town and Country, 1960 November
1 program
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 Holiday Wishes, 1960 December
1 photograph
Note: Wooden soldier Rockettes dance with ballet girls attired in tutus adorned like ribbon candy
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 Viva Italia, 1961 January
1 photograph
Note: Rockettes costumed resembling Roman antiquity
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 To the Arts, 1962 February
Choreographer: Marc Platt
2 photographs
Note: Tribute to President John F. Kennedy
Note: Production used three stage elevators
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Disneyland USA, 1962 April
Choreographer: Emilia Sherman for the Fantasyland bird dance
4 photographs
Includes: Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse with the Rockettes
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 General Motors advertisement, 1962
Producer: Marc Platt
Location: Flint, Michigan
1 photograph
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 High Spirits, 1963 November
1 photograph
Note: Program honoring Puerto Rico, with set made like a cigar box
Note: Rockettes dance titled "Have a Cigar"
BOX-FOLDER 1/15 Living Nativity Christmas Spectacular, circa 1963 December
Photographer: Possibly MSG Entertainment
1 photograph
BOX-FOLDER 1/16 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1966 November
2 photographs
Note: Ann Murphy, far left
BOX-FOLDER 1/17 Space Cadets and Christmas Show, 1966 December?
1 photograph
Note: Commemoration of United States space program with dance titled "Destination Moon"
BOX-FOLDER 1/18 Unidentified Rockettes show, 1968
1 photograph
Note: Rockette costume and tap shoes were hot pink and bright yellow
BOX-FOLDER 1/19 Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1968 May
1 photograph; 1 publicity blurb
BOX-FOLDER 1/20 Salute to the Marines, 1960s
3 photographs
Includes: Iwo Jima finale
BOX-FOLDER 1/21-28 Unidentified productions, 1960s
8 photographs
Note: Shows with various themes, such as underwater ballet, secretary dance, and pastoral tunics
BOX-FOLDER 1/29 Potpourri '70, 1970 March
1 program
BOX-FOLDER 1/30 Autumn in New York, 1970 October
1 program
BOX-FOLDER 1/31 Living Nativity and Cheers!, 1970 November
Choreographers: Russell Markert and Emilia Sherman for "The Perfect Thirty-Six" dance
3 photographs; 1 program
Note: Trio of Ann Murphy, Klaus Ansoge, and Dino Rogers featured in "I'm Late! I'm Late ... " episode
BOX-FOLDER 1/32 Unidentified production by Peter Gennaro, 1972 June
1 photograph
Note: Peter Gennaro onstage with costumed Rockettes
BOX-FOLDER 1/33 In One Era, Out the Other, 1972 November
Choreographer: Peter Gennaro for Rockettes; Bettina Rosay for RCMH ballet
1 program
Note: Ann Murphy featured as The Canary role in "The Swing Era" episode
BOX-FOLDER 1/34 The King, 1973 February
1 photograph; 1 program
Note: Tribute to Nat King Cole
BOX-FOLDER 1/35 Black Tie, 1973 February
Producer/director/choreographer: Peter Gennaro
1 program
BOX-FOLDER 1/36 Autumn in New York, 1973 September
1 photograph
Note: West Point march
BOX-FOLDER 1/37 Radio City Music Hall Salutes America, 1975 June-1976
3 photographs
Note: Bicentennial celebration
BOX-FOLDER 1/38 Living Nativity and Glittering Garlands, 1977 December
1 performance schedule
BOX-FOLDER 1/39 Springtime Carousel, 1978 March-April
2 programs
Includes: Program with announcement of Radio City Music Hall closure
BOX-FOLDER 1/40 I Love New York mini-tour, 1979 August-September
2 schedule and information packets; 1 contract
Note: Promotional tour on reopening of Radio City Music Hall
BOX-FOLDER 1/41 Opening for Liberace, 1979 November
Location: Las Vegas Hilton, Nevada
1 photograph; 1 newspaper advertisement
Note: Rockettes with Liberace and headliners, with Ann Murphy on knee, far left
BOX-FOLDER 1/42 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1979 November
1 souvenir program
Note: Reopening of Radio City Music Hall
BOX-FOLDER 1/43 Statue of Liberty tribute, 1970s
1 photograph
BOX-FOLDER 1/44 Unidentified show, 1970s
Photographer: Agence France-Presse
2 photographs
Note: Rockettes kickline costumed for unidentified dance captured from "prompt side" (stage right) and "other side" (stage left)
MAPCASE FOLDER 1 Unidentified show, 1970s
Photographer: Agence France-Presse
2 photographs
Note: Rockettes kickline costumed for unidentified dance captured from "prompt side" (stage right) and "other side" (stage left)
BOX-FOLDER 1/45-46 Unidentified productions, 1970s?
3 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 1/47 It's Spring: The Holiday Spectacular, and The Glory of Easter, 1980 March-April
1 souvenir program
Note: Published as "The Great Stage" (March-April 1980), Vol. 1, no. 4
BOX-FOLDER 1/48 A Rockette Spectacular with Ginger Rogers, 1980 May
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