Playbill for Aida: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Aida. Blue background with yellow box at top, graphic center with outline of female face half in yellow and half in black and AIDA below. [PLAYBILL/ PALACE THEATRE/ AIDA] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 2001.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 2001
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Palace Theatre, American, founded 1913
• Subject of: Heather Headley, Trinidadian American, born 1974
• Subject of: Adam Pascal, American, born 1970
• Subject of: Taylor Daine, American, born 1962
• Subject of: Todd Alan Johnson, American
• Subject of: Damian Perkins, American, born 1974
• Subject of: Tyrees Allen, American
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (22.2 x 13.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2011.45.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.