Sophisticated Ladies: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sophisticated Ladies: release date: 1981. composer: Ellington, Duke. manufacturer: RCA Red Seal Records.
The object in the museum catalogue
Original Broadway Cast. Sophisticated Ladies (RCA Red Seal CML2-4053). 33-1/3 rpm. Disc 2 of a 2-disc set.
Sophisticated Ladies is a Broadway musical revue based on the music of Duke Ellington. The show opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on March 1, 1981 and ran for 767 performances. Sophisticated Ladies received two 1981 Tony Awards for Best Actor by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Hinton Battle) and Best Costume Design (Willa Kim).
Materials, dates and provenance
- release date: 1981
- composer: Ellington, Duke
- manufacturer: RCA Red Seal Records
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: vinyl (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1984.0134.12
- accession number: 1984.0134
- maker number: CBL2-4053
- catalog number: 1984.0134.12
- Credit Line: Gift of Gladys C. Dougherty
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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