Playbill for The Piano Lesson: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for The Piano Lesson. White background with yellow box at top; white box below with graphic two women at a piano in front of a larger graphic of a man. [PLAYBILL/WALTER KERR THEATRE/THE/PIANO/LESSON] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1990.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1990
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Subject of: Charles S. Dutton, American, born 1951
• Subject of: Rocky Carroll, American, born 1963
• Subject of: Apryl R. Foster, American
• Subject of: Carl Gordon, American, 1932 - 2010
• Subject of: Lisa Gay Hamilton, American, born 1964
• Subject of: Tommy Hollis, American, 1954 - 2001
• Subject of: S. Epatha Merkerson, American
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Object number: 2011.45.77
• 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.