NEWSLETTER OF THE THEATRE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Vol. 29. No. 3 TLA's 641h Anniversary Year Winter 2002 SAVE THE DATE- TLA's Annual Fall Meeting to Feature Deborah Jowitt TLA is pleased to announce that noted dance critic, TLA Announces 2003 Symposium choreographer, scholar, and biographer, Deborah Jowitt, has agreed to address our membership at the on Digital Documentation of Annual Fall Meeting. Jowitt has been working on a new Performance biography of Jerome Robbins which is currently slated Theatre Library Association proudly announces its first for publication in October 2002. She will discuss her Symposium, to be held Friday, October 10, 2003 In the research, which has largely taken place in the newly renovated Bruno Walter Auditorium at The New voluminous Robbins Archives now at the Dance York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Division of The New York Public Library for the Center in New York C~ty.The topic of this special one- Performing Arts, and how she has chosen to craft her day conference w~llbe Performance Documentabon biography which, as you know, is one of several that and Preservation in an Onl~neEnvironment. has been published in recent years on Robbins and his work. Since Jowitt is a gifted speaker as well as Archivists, librarians, curators, conservators, scholars superlative writer, her talk should prove of great interest and practitioners are invited to participate in this to us all. dialogue about: The Meeting and Jowitt talk will be held on Friday, Documentation of online performance November 1, 2002, beginning at 5:00 PM at the Sardi Techniques for performance documentation, Penthouse, 234 W. 44th Street, 11th floor, in New York reconstruction, and preservation in a virtual City. Ms. Jowitt will speak from 6:OO-7:00 PM. followed environment by a question-and-answer session. Those of you who would like to come to New York for an extended theatre Development of metadata standards for weekend, launched by our TLA Meeting, will have description and preservation plenty of time to make an 8:00 curtain on Friday evening. Please be sure to join us for what will The event - still in the formulation staaes - will consist assuredly be a fascinating event. of a keynote address by a distinguished guest, a lecture-demonstration of cyberperformance (in the Dr. Martha S. LoMonaco tradition of Lee Breuer or Gertrude Stein Repertory Vice President Theatre), with a panel of respondents commenting on the challenges and strategies of documentation and preservation of this work. Additional panels may consist of demonstrations of online performance reconstruction - such as University of Georgia's Virtual Vaudeville project - or consideration of cutting-edge performing arts usage of Intemet2. Various models and consortia for performance preservation and exchange - the Guggenheim's Variable Media Initiative or You can use the TLA listserv to stay current between Conceptual and Intermedia Art Online (CIAO) - may be Broadside issues. To subscribe: 1) Send an email presented, explored and evaluated. (nothing in the subject) to [email protected]) In the -- body of the email message type the following: SUBSCRIBE TLA-L Your Name IN THIS ISSUE To post a message use the following email address: Editor's Note-pg. 2; Rook Awards & Conference Announcements-pg. 2; Book Reviews-pg. 3: Regional News-pg. 4; Member News-pg. 5: Announcements & Queries-pg. 6; In Memoriam-pg.7 EDITOR'S NOTE Deadline for submissions to the Sprmg 2002 issue is June 28, 2002 and will previous year in the area of recorded performance. A Include special coverage of cash prlze accompanies each award. the TLA Book Awards. I Two recipients of TLA's award for Distinguished Service in Performing Arts Librarianship will also be honored. The award, given to individuals who have made Future issues of Broadside and the TLA listsew will extraordinary contributions to the profession, will go to offer updated announcements on conference Betty L. Corwin, Founder and Former Director, the developments. In the meantime, however, we wanted Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT), and to give the TLA membership an opportunity to Richard M. Buck, former Assistant to the Director of contribute to this event. If you are involved in or aware The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts of exciting digital performance or documentation work, and a stalwart of TLA for many years. please bring it to the attention of the Planning Committee: Pamela Bloom (Pamela.BloomQnvu.orq), The presentation takes place at 6:00 P.M. in the Bruno Ann Ferguson ([email protected])or Kenneth Walter Auditorium of The New York Public Library for Schleslnger ([email protected]).We need the Performing Arts, followed by a champagne the input and perspective of our international reception. membership to track all this important new work. Kevin Winkler, President In addition, if you live in the New York metropolitan area, we invite you to consider participating in our Local RICHARD M. BUCK AND BETTY L. Arrangements committee. Please contact Camille CORWIN TO RECEIVE TLA Croce Dee ([email protected]) for additional information. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN Kenneth Schlesinger PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARIANSHIP LaGuardia Community College AWARDS BOOK AWARDS & CONFERENCE Richard M. Buck and Betty L. Corwin will receive TLA's ANNOUNCEMENTS Distinguished Service in Performing Arts Librarianship at the 34Ih ~nnualTLA Book Awards, Friday May 31". The Theatre Library Association will celebrate the best In performing arts publishing for Betty L. Corwin, Founder and Former Director, the 2001 and honor the authors of books on Bing Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) Archive of The New Crosby, Dario Fo and Franca Rame, commedia York Public Library for the Performing Arts will be dell'arte, and the romance of New York City in the honored for creating and nurturing TOFT, the archive movies! which preserves live theatrical performances for future generations. In 1969, Ms. Corwin set about turning her The 34Ih annual Theatre Library Association Book dream of preserving live theatre performances into a Awards takes place on Friday, May 31" in the Bruno reality. After two and a half years of tireless Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for negotiations with the theatrical unions and fundraising the Performing Arts, located at Lincoln Center. efforts, she began the archive, which now contains over 4,000 video recordings. This archive has offered a This year's winners include HARLEQUIN UNMASKED: whole new dimension to theatre research for scholars, THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE AND PORCELAIN students, authors, and theatre practitioners and has SCULPTURE (Yale University Press) by Meredith inspired the creation of similar archives in the US. and Chilton, honored with the George Freedley Memorial around the world. Tony Award-winning director- Award, representing excellence in writing on live choreographer Susan Stroman will be on hand to theatre. The Freedley Honorable Mention goes to Ron present the award. Jenkins for his DARlO FO & FRANCA RAME: ARTFUL LAUGHTER (Aperture). Richard M. Buck, former Assistant to the Director of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts BlNG CROSBY: A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS--THE and longtime TLA stalwart, will be honored for his vast EARLY YEARS 1903-1940 (Little, Brown and and varied activities both at NYPL and for TLA. At Company) by Gary Giddins is the winner of the NYPL, he was curator of several major exhibitions and Theatre Library Association Award for excellence in organized fund-raising bazaars, including a celebrity writing on fiim and broadcasting. Honorable Mention auction. Dick officially sewed as TLA Treasurer, but goes to James Sanders, author of CELLULOID wore many hats, including organizing and chairing TLA SKYLINE: NEW YORK AND THE MOVIES (Alfred A. programs at meetings of the American Library Knopf). Association, coordinating the Book Awards ceremonies for many years, representing TLA at professional The Freedley Award is named for George Freedley, the associations such as ALA, the Council of National first Curator of the New York Public Library's Theatre Library Associations, and the American Society for Collection, and first President of the Theatre Library Theatre Research (ASTR). Dick also served on the Association. It is presented annually for the best book Executive Council of SIBMAS (International Association on live theatre published in the United States in the of Performing Arts Libraries and Museums), as well as previous year. The Theatre Library Association Award other SIBMAS committees. is given annually for the best book published the Vol. 29, No. 3 2 Winter 2002 The Distinguished Service Award acknowledges and and Future honors individuals who have made an outstanding and For more information see the congress website: significant contribution to performing arts librarianship. www.amsterdam2002.net Each year, TLA members are solicited for nominations, which are then voted on by TLA's Executive Board. BOOK REVIEWS Congratulations to Betty and Dick! Stubblebine, Donald J. Early Broadway Sheet Music: A Comprehenswe Listing of Published Music from Camille Croce Dee, Broadway and Other Stage Shows, 1843- 19 18. Executive Secretary McFarland 8 Company, Inc., Box 61 1. Jefferson, NC 28640, 1-800-253-2187. 2002. 41 6 p. ISBN 0-7864- TLA at ALA! 1139-2 hardcover. $75.00. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO FEATURE With this companion to his Broadway Sheet Music. 1918-1993,Stubblebine now claims to have accounted THEATRE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION