Rex: Museum Object and Cultural History
Rex: recording date: 1976. manufacturer: RCA Red Seal Records. Object Name: sound recording cover.
The object in the museum catalogue
Original Broadway Cast. Rex (RCA Red Seal ABL1-1683). 33-1/3 rpm. Accessioned with sound recording (1994.0044.28).
Rex, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Sherman Yellen, opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 25, 1976, and closed on June 5, 1976, after a run of 48 performances.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1976
- manufacturer: RCA Red Seal Records
- Object Name: sound recording cover
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 3/8 in x 12 3/8 in; 31.4325 cm x 31.4325 cm
- place made: United States
- Subject: Musical Theater
- ID Number: 1994.0044.29
- catalog number: 1994.0044.29
- accession number: 1994.0044
- maker number: ABL1-1683
- Credit Line: Bequest of Rogen S. (Steven W.) Brown (through Henry Roberts Griffiths)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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