Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Robbins, Jerome
2. Martin, Hugh, 1914-2011
3. Rittman, Trude
4. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
5. Comden, Betty
6. Green, Adolph
7. Styne, Jule, 1905-1994
8. Cahn, Sammy
9. Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-2002.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (33 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Rehearsals in preparation for the musical retrospective Jerome Robbins' Broadway, which premiered in February 1989. Robbins occasionally appears on camera.

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Genre/Form

1. Musicals.
2. Dance.
3. Video.
4. Dance rehearsals.

Contents

1. Look, Ma, I'm dancin' (1948). Pajama dance [sleepwalking ballet] [excerpt] (ca. 1 min.) / recorded on May 18, 1988. See credits below.
2. Look, Ma, I'm dancin' (1948). Pajama dance [sleepwalking ballet] (ca. 5 min.) / recorded on May 27, 1988; concept, Jerome Robbins; music, Hugh Martin; ballet arrangements, Trude Rittman. This number was cut from Jerome Robbins' Broadway before its premiere.
3. On the town (1944). "New York, New York" [and] "Sailors on the town" (ca. 9 min.) / no time/date code on frame; music, Leonard Bernstein; book and lyrics, Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
4. High button shoes (1947). "On a Sunday by the sea" [excerpts] (ca. 19 min.) / recorded on April 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 1988; music, Jule Styne; lyrics, Sammy Cahn; book, Stephen Longstreet.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6028 JRC

Note

1. Time and date code on frame for some segments.
2. The footage of High button shoes also appears on *MGZIA 4-6020 JRC High button shoes. On a Sunday by the sea [excerpts].

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, at 890 Broadway [and other locations?] in New York City, in 1988.

Title

1. [Jerome Robbins' Broadway] [excerpts] [videorecording] / choreography by Jerome Robbins.

Imprint

1. 1988.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Event

1. Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, at 890 Broadway [and other locations?] in New York City, in 1988.

Performer

1. Performers not identified.

Local subject

1. Musical comedies. Jerome Robbins' Broadway.
2. Musical comedies. Look, ma, I'm dancin'.
3. Musical comedies. On the town.
4. Musical comedies. High button shoes.

Added author

1. Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.
2. Martin, Hugh, 1914-2011, composer.
3. Rittman, Trude, arranger of music.
4. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, composer.
5. Comden, Betty, lyricist.
6. Green, Adolph, lyricist.
7. Styne, Jule, 1905-1994, composer.
8. Cahn, Sammy, lyricist.
9. Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-2002.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6028 JRC