Playbill for The Life: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for The Life. White background with yellow box at top; black box below with photograph of a woman's leg in a red high-heeled shoe. [PLAYBILL/ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE/THE LIFE]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1997
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Ethel Barrymore Theatre, American, founded 1928
• Subject of: Pamela Isaacs
• Subject of: Kevin Ramsey
• Subject of: Lillias White, American, born 1951
• Subject of: Chuck Cooper, American, born 1954
• Subject of: Bellamy Young, American, born 1970
• Subject of: Vernel Martin Bagneris, American, born 1949
• 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: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2011.45.53
• 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.