Playbill for Raisin: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Raisin. White background with pink, orange, and yellow box at top; graphic below of man doing cartwheel on the title letters. [PLAYBILL/MAGAZINE/46th Street/Theatre/RAISIN] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1973.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1973
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Richard Rodgers Theatre, American, founded 1925
• Subject of: Virginia Capers, American, 1925 - 2004
• Subject of: Joe Morton, American, born 1947
• Subject of: Ernestine Jackson, American
• 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: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2011.45.82
• 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.