Playbill for Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies. White background with yellow box at top; black box below with graphic of a man in a tuxedo standing next ot a line of women walking on a path made of piano keys. [PLAYBILL/LUNT-FONTANNE THEATRE/DUKE ELLINGTON'S/SOPHISTICATED LADIES] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1981.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1981
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Subject of: Gregory Hines, American, 1946 - 2003
• Subject of: Judith Ann Jamison, American, 1943 - 2024
• Subject of: Phyllis Hyman, American, 1949 - 1995
• Subject of: P. J. Benjamin, American, born 1951
• Subject of: Hinton Battle, American, born 1956
• Subject of: Mercedes Ellington, American, born 1939
• Subject of: Priscilla Baskerville
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 5 5/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2011.45.92
• 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.