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Additional authors

1. Stevenson, Isabelle, 1915-2003
2. Winer, Linda
3. Robins, Isobel
4. Slaughter, Harriet
5. Mayleas, Ruth
6. Corwin, Betty L
7. Isaacson, Robert
8. Malone, Audra D
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Isabelle Stevenson discusses her career with Newsday critic Linda Winer. Ms. Stevenson, who died six months after this interview was taped, was an advocate for quality theatre in New York for almost 40 years. She was the public face of the American Theatre Wing, an institution is devoted to making theatre accessible to schools and communities, developing careers in the theatre, and presenting the Tony Awards. Stevenson discusses the history of the Wing, her career in the theatre as part of the Vaudeville trio Nice, Florio and Lubow, and the role that women playwrights and producers played in the development of the American Theatre Wing.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Women in the theater
2. Women theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
3. Stevenson, Isabelle, 1915-2003 > Interviews
4. Theater > New York (State) > New York
5. Theater > Production and direction
6. Talk shows
7. Interviews
8. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
9. Actresses > Interviews
10. Television
11. American Theatre Wing

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Talk shows.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2044

Note

1. Credits at end of tape.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv.
3. "Discussion program spotlighting prominent women from the theatre, including performers, playwrights, producers and designers."

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on June 17, 2003. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 30, 2004.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Isabelle Stevenson [videorecording] / produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women, Isobel Robins, Harriet Slaughter, co-presidents ; Ruth Mayleas, executive producer ; Betty L. Corwin, director of special projects, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ; Bob Isaacson, executive in charge of production ; Audra D. Malone, director ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York : CUNY-TV, c2003.

Series

1. Women in theatre

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on June 17, 2003. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 30, 2004.

Local note

1. Gift of The League of Professional Theatre Women and CUNY-TV.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Stevenson, Isabelle, 1915-2003, interviewee.
2. Winer, Linda, interviewer.
3. Robins, Isobel, producer.
4. Slaughter, Harriet, producer.
5. Mayleas, Ruth, producer.
6. Corwin, Betty L, producer.
7. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
8. Malone, Audra D, director.
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2044