Gloves worn by Phyllis Diller in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Gloves worn by Phyllis Diller in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway: Date made: ca 1970. Object Name: gloves. Physical Description: nylon (overall material).
Stage & Theatre archive — Page 10
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A Country Girl: History and Key Facts
A Country Girl, or, Town and Country is a musical play in two acts by James T.
Toy theater: History and Key Facts
Toy theater, also called paper theater and model theater (also spelt theatre, see spelling differences), is a form of miniature theater dating back to the early 19th century in Europe.
Augustus Harris: Biography and Background
Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (18 March 1852 – 22 June 1896) was a British actor, impresario, and dramatist, a dominant figure in the West End theatre of the 1880s and 1890s.
The Cradle Will Rock: History and Key Facts
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 play in music by Marc Blitzstein.
Courtin' Time: History and Key Facts
Courtin' Time is a musical adapted by William Roos from Eden Phillpotts's 1916 play The Farmer's Wife, with lyrics and music by Jack Lawrence and Don Walker.
Variety show: History and Key Facts
Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ve
Vaudeville in the Philippines: History and Key Facts
Vaudeville in the Philippines, more commonly referred in the Filipino vernacular as bodabil, was a popular genre of entertainment in the Philippines, emerging in the 1880s during the late Spanish
Criss Cross (musical): History and Key Facts
Criss Cross is a musical comedy in two acts and prologue, with book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Anne Caldwell and music by Jerome Kern.
Well-made play: History and Key Facts
The well-made play (French: la pièce bien faite, pronounced [pjɛs bjɛ̃ fɛt]) is a dramatic genre from nineteenth-century theatre, developed by the French dramatist Eugène Scribe.
Zauberspiel: History and Key Facts
Zauberspiel (magic play, plural: Zauberspiele) or Zauberstück (magic piece, plural: Zauberstücke) is a German-language work for the stage that has magic characters or magic action, or both.
Curtains (musical): History and Key Facts
Curtains is a musical mystery comedy with a book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, with additional lyrics by Kander and Holmes.
Cyrano: The Musical: History and Key Facts
Cyrano: The Musical is a musical with music by Ad van Dijk, an original book and lyrics (in Dutch) by Koen van Dijk.
Cyrano (musical): History and Key Facts
Cyrano is a musical with a book and lyrics by Anthony Burgess and music by Michael J.
Catherine Johnson (playwright): Biography and Background
Catherine Johnson (born 14 October 1957) is a British playwright, producing works for stage and television.
Dance with Me (musical): History and Key Facts
Dance With Me is a musical written by Greg Antonacci.
Charles Lamb Kenney: Biography and Background
Charles Lamb Kenney (29 April 1821 – 25 August 1881) was a journalist, dramatist and writer.
Mike Kenny (writer): Biography and Background
Mike Kenny (born in the Welsh borders, with a Welsh mother) is one of England’s leading writers specialising in young people’s theatre.
Dear World: History and Key Facts
Dear World is a musical with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E.
Dear Evan Hansen: History and Key Facts
Dear Evan Hansen is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Steven Levenson.
She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy: Play Guide and Free Edition
She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Cleopatra costume armbands worn by Lauren Anderson: Museum Object and Cultural History
Cleopatra costume armbands worn by Lauren Anderson: Date: 2000. Designed by: Judanna Lynn, American. Worn by: Lauren Anderson, American, born 1965.
Smokey Joe’s Café Window Card: Museum Object and Cultural History
Smokey Joe’s Café Window Card: Object Name: window card. Physical Description: paper (overall material). Physical Description: ink (overall material).
Cane used by Jerry Lewis in Damn Yankees: Museum Object and Cultural History
Cane used by Jerry Lewis in Damn Yankees: Date made: 1995. performing artist: Lewis, Jerry. Object Name: Cane.
Edward Knoblock: Biography and Background
Edward Knoblock (born Edward Gustavus Knoblauch; 7 April 1874 – 19 July 1945) was a playwright and novelist, originally American and later a naturalised British citizen.
Charles Knevitt: Biography and Background
Charles Knevitt (10 August 1952 in Dayton, Ohio, USA – 14 March 2016) was a British journalist (parents from the UK), author, broadcaster, curator and playwright, and former Architecture Correspo
Death Becomes Her (musical): History and Key Facts
Death Becomes Her is a musical, with a book by Marco Pennette and music and lyrics by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey.
The Desert Song: History and Key Facts
The Desert Song is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel.
The Defender (musical): History and Key Facts
The Defender is a musical in three acts with music by Charles Dennée and both book and lyrics by Allen Lowe.
William Lestocq: Biography and Background
William Lestocq (born Lestock Boileau Wooldridge; 1852 – 16 October 1920) was a British theatre manager, playwright, and actor.
Dew Drop Inn (musical): History and Key Facts
Dew Drop Inn is a musical with music by Alfred Goodman and Rudolf Friml, lyrics by Cyrus Wood, and a book by Walter DeLeon and Edward Delaney Dunn.
Marcus Markou: Biography and Background
Marcus Markou is a British film maker, playwright and internet entrepreneur.
Don't Play Us Cheap: History and Key Facts
Don't Play Us Cheap is a musical play with music, lyrics, and a musical book by Melvin Van Peebles.
Simon Mendes da Costa: Biography and Background
Simon Mendes da Costa is a British playwright.
Alasdair Middleton: Biography and Background
Alasdair Middleton is a leading British opera librettist and playwright with librettos commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Opera North and the Berlin Philharmonic among others.
Doonesbury (musical): History and Key Facts
Doonesbury, also known as Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy, is a 1983 musical with a book and lyrics by Garry Trudeau and music by Elizabeth Swados.
Dracula, the Musical: History and Key Facts
Dracula, the Musical is a musical based on the original 1897 Victorian novel by Bram Stoker.
Poster for the musical Cats: Museum Object and Cultural History
Poster for the musical Cats: date made: 1982-2000. Object Name: Poster. Physical Description: paper (overall material).