Playbill for Grind: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Grind. White background with yellow box at top; white box below, photographs of various cast members in costume, including two women wearing revealing costumes standing next to a man in a tuxedo, a man wearing a comically large bowtie, a woman wearing a large headdress, and a man in mid-speech. [PLAYBILL/MARK HELLINGER THEATRE/ GRIND] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1985.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1985
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Subject of: Ben Vereen, American, born 1946
• Subject of: Leilani Jones, American, born 1957
• Subject of: Timothy Nolen, American, born 1941
• Subject of: Stubby Kaye, American, 1918 - 1997
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (21.6 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: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2011.45.36.1
• 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.