Stagebill for Millennium Mambo at the Goodman Theatre: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Stagebill for a production of Millennium Mambo, a collection of five short works, at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago as part of the 1999-2000 Goodman Studio Series. The cover features a color photograph of Regina Taylor in profile, dressed in lavender, with one arm raised. White text at the top right corner of the photograph reads [Millennium Mambo / Conceived and performed / by Regina Taylor]. Above the photo is a red band with [STAGEBILL] in white text and along the right side is a white band with [1999-2000 Goodman Studio Sessions] in red and grey text. The interior contents feature articles and advertisements. Page 13 lists the production crew as well as the five works that comprise the production. Included are "Safe Box" by Kia Corthron, "Motherhood 2000" by Adrienne Kennedy, "Talking to Jupiter," by Suzan-Lori Parks, "Evertime My Lil World Seems Blue, I Just Haveta Look at You and Learn Eye-Hand Coordination”, from Liliane, by Ntozake Shange, and "Urban Zulu Mambo," by Regina Taylor. Following are biographies of each of the five writers, including short excerpts from their works. The back cover has an advertisement for Chrysler.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1999
• Published by: Stagebill, American, 1924 - 2002
• Subject of: Regina Taylor, American, born 1960
• Subject of: Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018
• Subject of: Henry Godinez, Cuban American, born 1958
• Subject of: Kia Corthron, American, born 1961
• Subject of: Suzan-Lori Parks, American, born 1963
• Subject of: Adrienne Kennedy, American, born 1931
• Distributed by: Goodman Theatre, American, founded 1922
• Type: playbills
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1/16 in. (21.6 × 14 × 0.2 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Literature
• Topic: Poetry
• Topic: Theatre
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2016.131.2.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ntozake Shange
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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