Playbill for It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues: Museum Object and Cultural History
Playbill for It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues: Date: 1999. Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884. Subject of: "Mississippi" Charles Bevel, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
Playbill for It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues. White background with yellow box at top; black box below, photographs of various people singing found at bottom of cover. [PLAYBILL/LINCOLN CENTER THEATER AT THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT/IT AIN"T/NOTHIN'/BUT THE/BLUES] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1999.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1999
- Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Subject of: "Mississippi" Charles Bevel, American
- Subject of: Gretha Boston, American, born 1959
- Subject of: Carter Calvert, American
- Subject of: Eloise Laws, American, born 1943
- Subject of: Gregory Porter, American
- Subject of: Ron Taylor, American, 1952 - 2002
- Subject of: Dan Wheetman
- Type: theater programs
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (21.6 x 13.7 cm)
- Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Broadway Theatre
- Topic: Musical Theatre
- Object number: 2011.45.47
- 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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