Playbill for Pippin: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Pippin. White background with yellow box at top; black box below with title spelled out by contorting clowns. [PLAYBILL/IMPERIAL THEATRE/PIPPIN] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1974.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1974
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Imperial Theatre, American, founded 1923
• Subject of: Eric Berry, British, 1913 - 1993
• Subject of: Betty Buckley, American, born 1947
• Subject of: Priscilla Lopez, American, born 1948
• Subject of: Dorothy Stickney, American, 1896 - 1998
• Subject of: Ben Vereen, American, born 1946
• Subject of: John Rubinstein, American, born 1946
• 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: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2011.45.78
• 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.