Playbill for Your Arms Too Short to Box With God: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Your Arms Too Short to Box With God. White background with yellow box at top; black box below with photograph of a robed man and woman; the woman is smiling and twirling while the man is smiling and holding up his right arm. [PLAYBILL/ALVIN THEATRE/YOUR ARMS TOO SHORT/TO BOX WITH GOD] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1982.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1982
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Neil Simon Theatre, American, founded 1927
• Subject of: Vinnette Justine Carroll, American, 1922 - 2002
• Subject of: Patti Labelle, American, born 1944
• Subject of: Al Green, American, born 1946
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (21.6 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: 2011.45.100
• 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.