Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008.

Description

1. 2 sound discs (ca. 51 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Disc 1 (ca. 48 min.) [The first 3 min. contains extraneous noise and experiments with a tape recorder] Most of the interview focusses on Robbins' Broadway career, in light of the show Jerome Robbins' Broadway, which opened in New York Feb. 26, 1989. Robbins discusses his absence from Broadway since Fiddler on the roof, and changes in musical theater over the past 25 years; the origins of Jerome Robbins' Broadway in an archival project to reconstruct dance numbers from his past shows; the influences of George Abbott and George Balanchine on his work; Abbott's assistance during the creation of On the town; differences between Balanchine's dance background and his own; the contribution of Agnes DeMille to Broadway choreography; Robbins' desire to bridge the gap between classical art and commercial theater in West Side story; his contribution to Fiddler on the roof, and what drew him to the show; his interest in the survival of his work, and the disadvantages of videotape as a means of preservation; his need for control over the casting of his ballets, and his support for choreographers' rights; interplay between his Broadway shows and his ballets; his feelings about working on a new Broadway show; the current state of New York City Ballet; thoughts on future work he might do; the relation of ballet to theater; his feelings on turning 70; his opinion of the cast of Jerome Robbins' Broadway, and differences between numbers in the show and the original versions. [Ends abruptly.]
2. Disc 2 (ca. 3 min.) Continuation of an interview with Jerome Robbins conducted by Clive Barnes. Robbins discusses the rehearsal period for Jerome Robbins' Broadway and critical interest in the preparations for Broadway and ballet productions. [Content ends ca. 2 min.]

Donor/Sponsor

1. Oral History Archive.

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Subject

1. Robbins, Jerome > Interviews
2. Audiotapes > Robbins, J
3. Musical theater
4. Robbins, Jerome > Career in musical theater

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-3306 JRC

Note

1. Interview conducted by Clive Barnes, Feb. 21, 1989, for his article "Ballet, Broadway and a birthday," in Dance and Dancers, June 1989, p. 15.

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Author

1. Robbins, Jerome, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Jerome Robbins. 1989 [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1989.

Series

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Access

1. Permission required.

Funding

1. Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Local note

1. Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3306 JRC
2. Preservation master: *MGZTP 10-3306 JRC
3. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3306 JRC

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.

Added author

1. Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-3306 JRC