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Additional authors

1. Papp, Joseph
2. Cunningham, Dennis (Dennis M.)
3. WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
4. WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (5 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Segment one, Channel 2 news, aired WCBS-TV, March 2, 1983; begins at 58:00 and ends at 60:00. Dennis Cunningham reports on problems surrounding the release of the Universal Pictures' movie version of Pirates of Penzance, a Broadway musical produced by Joseph Papp based on the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. The same day the film opened at movie houses, it also premiered on paid television, alienating theater owners who have refused to book it. Responding to favorable reviews and high box office receipts, Universal is now attempting to save the film's theatrical run by investing in its advertising. Contains brief interview excerpts with Papp who discusses Universal's actions. Includes footage from the film.
2. Segment two, aired Channel 7, WABC-TV, March 3, 1983; begins at 79:40 and ends at 82:30. At a rally in downtown New York City state heathcare workers protest Governor Mario Cuomo's proposed budget cuts and the layoffs that would result, while uptown at Lincoln Center, supporters of the arts such as producer/director Joseph Papp decry the governor's proposed cut of $4.5 million to the state's arts budget.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series statement

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Alternative title

1. 3/2/83 Channel 2 news 6:00-7:00 p.m. Dennis Cunningham Joe Papp re: Pirates movie. Channel 7 Budget cuts 3/3/83 w/Joe Papp

Subject

1. Theatrical producers and directors
2. Cuomo, Mario Matthew
3. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
4. Universal Pictures (Firm)
5. Interviews
6. Theater > New York (State) > New York > Economic aspects
7. Pirates of Penzance (Motion picture)
8. New York (State) > Art patronage
9. Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 > Pirates of Penzance
10. Motion pictures > Distribution
11. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
12. Papp, Joseph
13. Government funding for the arts
14. Budget > New York (State) > New York
15. Television

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 5261

Note

1. This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. Dubbed compilation of segments taped off air.
3. No credits on tape; title supplied by cataloger.
4. Compilation of television coverage related to the New York Shakespeare Festival. Two segments from New York City aired March 2 and 3, 1983.

Access (note)

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Title

1. New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage, March 2 and 3,1983 [videorecording]

Imprint

1. New York, 1983.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Access

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Added author

1. Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
2. Cunningham, Dennis (Dennis M.), reporter.
3. WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
4. WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Research call number

1. NCOX 5261