Vol. 34, No. 3 TLA’s 70th Anniversary Year Spring 2007 manager, John Corbin. Corbin’s assignments with the innovative but short-lived New Theatre in New York from 1910 to 1912 were virtually identical to those performed by dramaturgs in American companies Effective July 1, 2007, we welcome David Nochimson today, suggesting that the profession has a longer (
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[email protected]) for her services as The first panel of the day, “Saving Face: Reconstructing Secretary which will continue through the end of June. Berlin and Hart’s Face the Music at Encores!,” dealt with research for the 2007 production of this 1932 PERFORMANCE RECLAMATION Broadway show by New York City Center Encores!, a company dedicated to the recovery of the scores of SYMPOSIUM bygone Broadway musical comedies. Encores! presents these works in concert performances, but On Friday, February 16, 2007 the Theatre Library recreates as closely as possible the sound and style of Association presented the second of its current series the originals. Because these productions were often of symposia, “Performance Reclamation: Research, considered by their creators to be disposable Discovery, and Interpretation.” Held at New York entertainments, original production material was not University’s Kimmel Center for University Life, hosted systematically preserved, and attempting to discover by NYU’s Fales Library and Special Collections, and what actually went on in performance can present a with generous support from the Gladys Krieble Delmas tremendous challenge.