Playbill for Scott Joplin's Treemonisha: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Scott Joplin's Treemonisha. White background with yellow box at top; black box below with photograph of performers dancing and singing with a man and woman with locked arms at center. [PLAYBILL/PALACE THEATRE/SCOTT joPLIN's/TREEMONISHA] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1975.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1975
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Gershwin Theatre, American, founded 1972
• Subject of: Scott Joplin, American, 1867 - 1917
• Subject of: Carmen Balthrop, American
• Subject of: Betty Allen, American, 1927 - 2009
• Subject of: Curtis Rayam, American, born 1951
• Subject of: Willard White, Jamaican British, born 1946
• Subject of: Ben Harney, American, born 1952
• 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
• Topic: Ragtime (Music)
• Object number: 2011.45.96
• 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.