Program for 'Moms' starring Clarice Taylor as Moms Mabley: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A program for the show "Moms" starring Clarice Taylor as Jackie "Moms" Mabley. The background of the cover resembles a brick wall with white text down the center of the poster that reads at the top [The Moms Company/ in Association with Paul B. Berkowsky/ presents / CLARICE TAYLOR / as / Jackie “Moms ” Mabley / in “MOMS” / a comedy with music by Ben Caldwell]. There are fourteen (14) interior pages with photographs of the main cast and stills from the production along with cast and crew biographies, which continue on the back cover.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1987
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Subject of: Moms Mabley, American, 1897 - 1975
• Subject of: Walter Dallas, American, 1946 - 2020
• Subject of: Grenoldo Frazier, American, 1953 - 2018
• Subject of: Carolyn Dennis, American, born 1954
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper with metal
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 15/16 × 8 7/8 in. (30.3 × 22.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Comedy
• Topic: Comedy (Theatre)
• Topic: Theatre
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2013.188.25
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William and James Thomas and family in memory of Clarice Taylor
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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