Playbill for The Owl and the Pussycat: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for The Owl and the Pussycat. White background with yellow box at top; photograph below depicts a man and woman staring at eachother while resting their heads on a table; the woman is smiling. [ANTA/Theatre/PLAYBILL/the magazine for theatregoers/THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1965.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1965
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: ANTA Theatre, American, founded 1925
• Subject of: Alan Alda, American, born 1936
• Subject of: Diana Sands, American, 1934 - 1973
• 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: Comedy (Theatre)
• Object number: 2011.45.75
• 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.