Givens Collection Playbills/Programs Box 1 Abbott, George: The Pajama Game. Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. 1974. Aiken, G.L.: Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The Alvin Theatre, New York. 1933. Ailey, Alvin: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Souvenir Book Publishers Inc., New York. Anderson, Maxwell: Lost in the Stars. The Playwrights’ Company, New York. 19450. Baker, Josephine. Josephine Baker and Her International Revue. Baldwin, James: • The Amen Corner. Los Angeles. 1964 • The Amen Corner. Ethel Barrymore Theatre. 1965. • Blues for Mister Charlie. Anta Theatre, New York. 1964. Ballets Africains. New York. Belafonte, Harry. Belafonte at the Palace. A Belafonte Enterprises, Inc. Production. 1959. The Biggest Show of ’51. Souvenir program with signatures. Blake, Eubie: Eubie! Ambassador Theatre, New York. 1979. Broadway Answers Selma. Majestic Theatre, New York. Brown, William F.: The Wiz. Majestic Theatre, New York. 1974. Bullins, Ed • The Electronic Nigger and Others. The American Palace Theatre, New York. 1968. • House Party (2 copies). The American Palace Theatre, New York. 1973. Café Society Downtown. New York. Carnegie Hall (Charlie Parker Memorial Concert). New York. 1955. D’Usseau, Arnaud & Gow, James: Deep are the Roots. The Fulton Theatre, New York. 1946. Davis, Ossie • Purlie Victorious. The Longacre Theatre. 1962. • Purlie. 1970. Duberman, Martin B.: In White America. Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York. Dunham, Katherine • The Playbill for the Martin Beck Theatre. Cabin in the Sky. New York. 1940. • Program for Katherine Dunham and her company in a tropical revue. Martin Beck Theatre, New York. 1943. • S. Hurok presents Katherine Dunham and her Company in Tropical Revue with Bobby Capo Dowdy Quartet. • Katherine Dunham and Her Company. 1955-56. Elder, Lonnie: Ceremonies in Dark Old Men. St. Marks Playhouse, New York. (Two copies). Fitzgerald, Ella: Norman Granz presents an evening with Ella Fitzgerald. Fuller, Charles: A Soldier’s Play. The Negro Ensemble Company. Theatre Four, New York. 1981. Genet, Jean: The Blacks. St. Marks Playhouse, New York. Gordone, Charles: No Place to be Somebody. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. 1968-69. The Gospel at Colonus. • The Gospel at Colonus. The Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis. • Newspaper Article: Guthrie Extends ‘Gospel at Colonus’. 3/5/86. • Minneapolis Star and Tribune. ‘Gospel at Colonus’ excels at every level. 2/23/87. • Minneapolis Star and Tribune. Black gospel, Greek tragedy blend at Guthrie. 2/15/87. Grant, Micki: Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope. Ford’s Theatre. 1974 Green, Paul: The House of Connelly. Martin Beck Theatre, New York. 1931. Hammerstein, Oscar II: • Carmen Jones. The Broadway Theatre. 1944. • Carmen Jones Hansberry, Lorraine • A Raisin in the Sun. The Trans-Lux 52nd St. Theatre. 1961. • A Raisin in the Sun. Ethyl Barrymore Theatre. 1959. • The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window. Longacre Theatre. 1965. • Les Blancs. Longacre Theatre. 1970. Harburg, E.Y. and Saidy, Fred: Jamaica Heyward, Dorothy and DuBose • Mamba’s Daughters. The empire Theatre. • Porgy and Bess. Alvin Theatre, New York. 1936. • Porgy and Bess. The Fourth Street Theatre. 1943. • Porgy and Bess. The Ziegfeld Theatre. 1953. • Porgy and Bess. 1953. • The Theatre Guild presents Porgy and Bess Hughes, Langston • Simply Heavenly. Renta Theatre. 1957. • The Barrier. New York University Lobe Student Center. 1961. • Mulatto. The Vanderbilt Theatre. 1936. John, Errol: Moon on a Rainbow Shawl. East 11th St. Theatre. 1961. Jones, Leroi: Slave Ship. Chelsea Theatre Center at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 1969-70 season. Lawler, Ray: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. St. Marks Playhouse, New York City. The Negro Ensemble Company. Lowell, Robert: The Old Glory: “Benito Cereno”. Theatre de Lys, New York City. McCullers, Carson: The Member of the Wedding. The Empire Theatre, New York. 1950. Metropolitan Opera. Carmen. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 1972-73 season. Meyer, Annie Nathan: Black Souls. Provincentown Playhouse, New York. Milner, Ron: What the Wine-Sellers Buy. New York Shakespeare Festival Lincoln Center Vivian Beaumont Theatre. 1974. Mitchell, Loften: Bubbling Brown Sugar. Anta Theatre. 1977. The New Aster Theatre. Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake: California Straight Ahead. Peterson, Louis • Take a Giant Step. Lyceum Theatre. 1953. October 12, 1953. • Take a Giant Step. Lyceum Theatre. 1953. October 26, 1953. • Take a Giant Step. The Jan Hus. 1956-57 season. Box 2 Redwood, John Henry • Letter from M. McClaskey • Article from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Robeson, Paul • Playbill for Othello at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York. 1943 • Paul Robeson Souvenir Book • Days with Paul Robeson. 1961. • Flyer for Othello at Shubert Theatre, New York. • Paul Robeson as Othello, the Moor of Venice. The Theatre Guild. Rosten, Norman: Mister Johnson. The Martin Bek Theatre. 1956. Sackler, Howard: The Great White Hope. Photograph of James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander. Shuffle Along. • Letter from the Viking Press announcing the publication of Reminiscing With Sissle and Blake by Robert Kimball and William Bolcom. 1973. • 5 photographs featuring Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake. • Shuffle Along. Metropolitan Minneapolis. 1923. Soyinka, Wole: Kongi’s Harvest. St. Marks Playhouse, New York City. The Negro Ensemble Company. (2 copies) Sophiatown. • 5 Spophiatown ticket order forms. Actors Theatre, St. Paul MN • News- Actors Theatre. “Actors Theatre to Present ‘Sophiatown’”. 18 April 1988. Letter concerning the history of Sophiatown and its performance schedule. • Photocopy from Minnesota Monthly: Best in June Theatre Sophiatown. June 1988. • Photocopy from Chicago Sun-Times: Easing tensions between blacks and Jews Two plays humanize social, racial issues. May 19, 1988. Stewart, Michael: Hello, Dolly! America’s Greatest Musical Hit. Swerling, Jo: Guys and Dolls. The Broadway Theatre, New York. 1977. Van Peebles, Melvin: Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death. Ambassador Theatre. 1971. Walker, Joseph A.: The River Niger. The Negro Ensemble Theatre. Brooks Atkison Theatre. 1973. Wexley, John: They Shall Not Die. The Royale Theatre, New York. 1934. Wilson, August: • Fences • The Piano Lesson • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom • Two Trains Running • King Hedley II • Joe Turner’s Come and Gone • Jitney • Seven Guitars Wright, Richard: Native Son. The St. James Theatre, New York. 1941. Yordan, Philip: • Anna Lucasta. The Mansfield Theatre. 1944. • Anna Lucasta. Souvenir book. 1945. .