The Great American Revue: - New York Public Library

Credits &
Acknowledgments
Public Programs
Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.
The Great American Revue: How Florenz Ziegfeld, George
White and their Rivals Remade Broadway is a project
of The New York Public Library for the Performing
Arts: Jacqueline Z. Davis, Barbara G. and Lawrence A.
Fleischman Executive Director; and curated by Barbara
Cohen-Stratyner, Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg
Curator of Exhibitions, The New York Public Library for
the Performing Arts, and Karen Nickeson, Curator, Billy
Rose Theatre Division, with the collaboration of many LPA
staff members. It was developed and installed by installed
by The Library’s Performing Arts Museum staff: Barbara
Cohen-Stratyner, Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Curator
of Exhibitions; Caitlin Mack, designer; and installers Rene
Ronda and Herbert Ruiz; Michael Diekmann, Manager of
Media Playback and Interactive Design.
Panels developed by Gary Flannery with Cheryl Raymond,
Manager of Public Programs; Film programming by John
Calhoun, Reserve Film & Video Collection.
Artifacts and media from the Research Divisions of The
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Additional
material from the Gary Flannery Collection. Our thanks
to Jane Lahr and Lyn DelliQuadri for their support of this
project. We thank the staff for their support and assistance
on this exhibition and the ongoing preservation of artifacts
from the revues.
We are grateful to the volunteers and interns who have
contributed to this project: Mana Allen, Claire Barco,
Daphne Delacruz, Susan Donahue, Victoria Flexner,
Kristin Holzer, Stephanie Liff, Clementine Martinez,
Allison Mikulewich, Hannah Orlove, Daniel Pecoraro,
Christina Ramos, Lauren Reinhalter, Samantha Shaffer,
Sarah Shears, Emma Winter Zeig, and Christine Zhu.
Programs take place in the Bruno Walter Auditorium. Admission is free
and on a first come, first served basis. For Sunday afternoon programs,
please enter by 111 Amsterdam Avenue just south of 65 th Street; doors
open 30 minutes prior to the program. For further information about
programs, call 212.642.0142.
May 2
Great American Revue composers like Gershwin, Berlin, Porter,
Rodgers, and De Sylva, Brown & Henderson changed music in
America and around the world by setting new standards for Broadway
and Hollywood scores. Take a musical journey with cabaret artist
Steve Ross through 4 decades of songs brought to you by the Great
American Revues. Featuring: Peter Mintun, Stephen Cole, and Nicholas
Wuehrmann & the Grads.
June 13
Dance in the American Revue, like the Roaring Twenties themselves,
was buoyant, frantic, and full of ingenuity, creating trends that exist to
this day. While the Castles and the Astaires brought the art form to
domestic parlors, ballrooms were full of Flappers invited to “Charleston”
their way to happiness! Join our hosts, legendary dancers Marge
Champion and Gary Flannery for an energetic evening with costumed
Ziegfeld re-creations and demonstrations of the Era’s dance crazes by
Jerry Mitchell and the Broadway Bares Company.
June 20
The pioneers of the Great American Revue forever changed musical
theater and film, and began revolutions in popular culture around the
world. How did they do it? Ziegfeld, White, Carroll, Berlin, Dillingham,
Rose, Todd, and the Shuberts are just some of the names to be discussed
and honored by our renowned panel. Hosted by Bob Kimball, with Ken
Bloom, Joe Franklin, and Laurence Maslon.