Playbill Collection (1955 – 2009) Finding Aid Creator: Drew University Special Collections Title: Playbill Collection Dates: 1955-2009 Abstract: Collection of Playbill pamphlets from various shows in the New York and New Jersey area, including Broadway shows. Bulk of material is from the 1960s to 1980s. The Playbills have been collected from numerous donors and organized together by the staff of the Drew University Library as an artificial collection. Extent: 20 boxes, 10 linear feet Language: English Repository: Drew University Library, Madison, NJ Scope and Content Note The Playbill Collection contains copies of Playbills and other theater pamphlets from plays performed in/around the New York City area during the years 1955- 2009. Collected from donations by multiple individuals, the collection is arranged alphabetically by name of location of theatre or theatre company. Within each theatre/company, the materials are organized chronologically by year. Arrangement The material is arranged in two Series based on donation information. Administrative Information Acquisition The Playbill Collection is available for research. Restrictions One photocopy may be made of each document for the purpose of research. Permission to publish must be obtained from the Drew University Library. Researcher is responsible for further copyright restrictions. Preferred Citation [Identification of item; Date; Box #]. Playbill Collection. Drew University Special Collections, Madison, New Jersey Processor Theodore Hart, 2017 and Liesl Eppes, 2018-2019 Container List Series I. Playbills donated in 2013 Box 1 • 5 West o [No Date]: Oedipus Rex • 46th Street Theatre o 1972: No, No, Nanette o c.1975: Private Lives o 1987: Fences • Aldwych Theatre o c.1974: The Bewitched • Alvin Theatre o c.1975: Shenandoah o 1977: Annie • American Airlines Theatre o 2003: Tartuffe • American Shakespeare Festival Theatre o 1970: Othello, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Devil’s Disciple • Anta Theatre o 1959: J.B. o c.1975: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof o c.1977: Bubbling Brown Sugar • Ballet Theatre Foundation o 1976: American Ballet Theatre • Berkshire Choral Festival o 1989: Israel in Egypt • Berkshire Opera Company o 1993: Susannah, Don Giovanni • Berkshire Performing Arts Center o 1990: Shakespeare ’90 – As You Like It, Much Ado about Nothing, Women of Will • Berkshire Public Theatre o 1987: Summer Season • Berkshire Theatre Festival th c.1985: 57 Season o th 1988: 60 Season o st 1989: 61 Season o th o 1993: 65 Season • Belasco Theatre o 1981: Ain’t Misbehavin’ • Billy Rose Theatre o c.1959: Heartbreak House o 1962: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? • Biltmore Theatre o 1970: Hair Box 2 • Booth Theatre o 1958: Two for the Seesaw o 1974: Brief Lives o c.1982: Good o 1982: Mass Appeal o 1990: Tru o 1991: Once on This Island o 1995: Having Our Say • Broadhurst Theatre o c.1959: Fiorello! o 1978: Dancin’ o 1981: Amadeus o 1983: The Top Dance Kid • Broadway Theatre o c.1959: The Old Vic Company o 1964: Fiddler on the Roof o c.1975: Candide o 1976: Guys and Dolls • Brooks Atkinson Theatre o 1980: Talley’s Folly o c.1985: Aren’t We All? • Carnegie Hall o 1973: Boston Pops Opera o 1978: The Collegiate Chorale o 1980: James Galway and Phillip Moll o 1981: Martha Argerich o 1981: Pinchas Zukerman and Marc Neikrug o 1982: The 1982 Kool Jazz Festivals o 1983: Alfred Brendel o 1983: The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra o 1983: The St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra Box 3 • Carnegie Hall o 1985: B-Minor Mass o 1985: Banchetto Musicale o 1988: Misha Dichter o c. 1988: New York Philharmonic – Young People’s Concert o 1989: The Vienna Chamber Ensemble • Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine o 1981: The Play of St. Nicholas • Charles Playhouse o [no date]: Waiting for Godot • Church of St. Paul the Apostle o 1977: National Orchestral Association • Cinema 5 Ltd. o c.1971: The Sorrow and the Pity • Cinema 57 Rendezvous o [no date]: I Am Curious (yellow) • Circle in the Square Theatre o 1980: Major Barbara o c.1984: Design for Living o 1984: Heartbreak House • Coronet o [no date]: Ingmar Bergman’s The Magic Flute • Cort Theatre o c.1957: The Diary of Anne Frank o c.1984: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom o 1988: Sarafina! • Criterion Center Stage Right o 1995: Company • Darrow School st o 1983: 51 Commencement • East 74th Street Playhouse o 1985: The Light Opera of Manhattan o 1985: Naughty Marietta • Eastside Playhouse o c.1981: The Gondoliers o 1982: Jean Dalrymple o 1982: The Light Opera of Manhattan • Ethel Barrymore Theatre o c.1959: A Raisin in the Sun o 1990: Lettice & Lovage • Eugene O’Neill Theatre o 1992: Five Guys Named Moe • Gershwin Theatre o 1985: Royal Shakespeare Company – Much Ado About Nothing, Cyrano de Bergerac o 1997: Candide • Globe Theatre o c.1974: Chez Nous Box 4 • Harkness Theatre o 1977: “Ipi-Tombi” • Helen Hayes Theatre o c.1969: Hadrian VII o c.1971: The Me Nobody Knows o 1980: Strider o 1984: Torch Song Trilogy • Hudson Theatre o c.1960: Toys in the Attic • Imperial Theatre o 1974: Pippin o 1981: Dreamgirls o 1986: The Mystery of Edwin Drood o 1993: Les Misérables • John Drew Theater o 1973:Alice in Wonderland • John Golden Theatre o 1961: An Evening with Mike Nicholas and Elaine May o 1982: Crimes of the Heart o 1996: Master class • John Houseman Theatre o 1987: Driving Miss Daisy • Joyce Theater o 1982:Feld Ballet • Kennedy Center o 1976: The Baker’s Wife • Lenox Arts Center o [no date]: The Griffin and the Minor Canon • Lincoln Center – Alice Tully Hall o 1974: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center • Lincoln Center – Avery Fisher Hall o 1974: National Symphony Orchestra o 1977: The Mostly Mozart Festival o 1979: A Community Holiday Festival o 1979: New York Philharmonic o 1980: Claudio Arrau o 1980: The Mostly Mozart Festival o 1980: New York Philharmonic o 1981: The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra o 1981: Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Box 5 • Lincoln Center – Avery Fisher Hall o 1982: The Basically Bach Festival o 1982: The Mostly Mozart Festival o 1983: The St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra o 1984: The Brandenburg Ensemble o 1984: The Mostly Mozart Festival o 1985: Musica Sacra o 1985: The Mostly Mozart Festival o 1986: Yehudi Menuhin • Lincoln Center – Film Society of Lincoln Center th o 1982: The 20 New York Film Festival • Lincoln Center – Metropolitan Opera House o 1965: Don Carlo and Faust o 1967: Romeo et Juliette o 1969: Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg o 1976: The National Ballet of Canada – Swan Lake o 1978: Don Pasquale o 1979: The Stuttgart Ballet o 1980: American Ballet Theater o 1980: La Bayadère o 1981: American Ballet Theater o 1981: Netherlands Dance Theater o 1982: Netherlands Dance Theater o 1990: American Ballet Theater o 1994: American Ballet Theater o 2002: La Bayadère Box 6 • Lincoln Center – Mitzi Newhouse Theater o 1976: Streamers o [No Date]: and a Nightingale sang… • Lincoln Center – New York State Theater o 1978: New York City Ballet – Square Dance / A Sketch Book / Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto o 1978: New York City Ballet – Coppélia o 1978: New York City Ballet – Interplay / Harlequinade o 1979: New York City Ballet – Swan Lake / Mother Goose / Symphony in C • Lincoln Center – New York State Theater o 1980: New York City Ballet – Jewels o 1980: New York City Ballet – La Valse / Suite of Dances / Valse-Fantaisie / The Concert o 1980: New York City Ballet – The Nutcracker o 1981: New York City Ballet – Agon / Suite from Historie / Du Soldat / Who Cares? o 1981: New York City Ballet – Apollo / Afternoon of a Faun / Kammermusik No.2 / Symphony in C o 1981: New York City Ballet – Lille Suite / Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme / Stravinsky Violin Concerto o 1981: New York City Ballet – Square Dance / Piano Pieces / The Four Seasons o 1981: New York City Ballet – Stravinsky Violin Concerto / In the Night / Fancy Free o 1981: New York City Ballet – Tchaikovsky Festival o 1981: New York City Ballet – Tchaikovsky Program o 1981: New York City Ballet – Tschaikovsky Suite No.2 / Interplay / Rondo / Vienna Waltzes o 1982: New York City Ballet – Irish Fantasy / The Four Temperaments / Piano Pieces o 1982: New York City Ballet – The Goldberg Variations / Gershwin Concerto o 1982: New York City Ballet – Stravinsky Centennial Celebration o 1983: New York City Ballet – Celebration / Orpheus / Fancy Free o 1983: New York City Ballet – Concerto Barocco / The Magic Flute / Symphony in C o 1983: New York City Ballet – Coppélia o 1983: New York City Ballet – Interplay / Norwegian Moods / Tzigane / Union Jack o 1983: New York City Ballet – Jewels o 1984: Martha Graham Dance Company o 1984: New York City Ballet – Bugaku / Harlequinade o 1984: New York City Ballet – Concerto Barocco / A Schubertiad / Symphony in C o 1984: New York City Ballet – Concerto Barocco / In G Minor / Brahms / Handel o 1984: New York City Ballet – Divertimento No.15 / Davidsbundlertanze / Who Cares? o 1984: New York City Ballet – Episodes / Afternoon of a Faun / Antique Epigraphs / I’m Old Fashioned o 1984: New York City Ballet – Menuetto / Opus 19 / The Dreamer / Western Symphony o 1984: New York City Ballet – The Goldberg Variations / Glass Pieces o 1984: New York City Ballet – Swan Lake / A Schubertiad / Chaconne Box 7 • Lincoln Center – New York State Theaters o 1985: New York City Ballet – A Midsummer Night’s Dream o 1985: New York City Ballet – Ballade / Tzigane / Povlenc Sonata / Stravinsky Violin Concerto o 1985: New York City Ballet – Concerto Barocco / Valse / Triste / Eight More / Brahms / Handel o 1985: New York City Ballet – Square Dance / Afternoon of a Faun / Eight Lines / La Valse