Playbill for Look to the Lilies: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Look to the Lilies. White background with yellow box at top; photograph below depicts a man wearing an apron standing next to a nun. [Lunt-/Fontanne Theatre/PLAYBILL/the national magazine for theatregoers/LOOK TO THE LILIES] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1970.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, American, founded 1910
• Subject of: Titos Vandis, Greek, 1917 - 2003
• Subject of: Taina Elg, Finnish, born 1930
• Subject of: Carmen Alvarez, American, born 1934
• Subject of: Patti Karr, American, born 1932
• Subject of: Maggie Task, American, 1924 - 2000
• Subject of: Linda Andrews
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2011.45.55
• 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.