Playbill for All Over Town: Museum Object and Cultural History
Playbill for All Over Town: Date: March 1975. Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884. Used by: Booth Theatre, American, founded 1913.
The object in the museum catalogue
Playbill for All Over Town. White background with yellow box at top, graphic center of a skyline and "ALL OVER TOWN'" in black above the skyline. [PLAYBILL/ THE BOOTH THEATRE/ ALL OVER TOWN] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1975.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: March 1975
- Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Used by: Booth Theatre, American, founded 1913
- Subject of: Cleavon Little, American, 1939 - 1992
- Subject of: George S Irving, American, born 1922
- Type: theater programs
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (23.5 x 14.9 cm)
- Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Broadway Theatre
- Topic: Comedy (Theatre)
- Object number: 2011.45.4
- 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
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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.
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