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Additional authors

1. Nixon, Cynthia
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 videodisc (DVD) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Cynthia Nixon discusses her career with Newsday critic Linda Winer. Best known for her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in the cable television series Sex and the city, the actress's stage credits include her performance as Becca in the 2006 Broadway play The rabbit hole, for which she won a Tony Award. Nixon recounts how she broke into showbiz at age 12, starred simultaneously in two Broadway shows at age 14, her recent role as the Scottish school teacher Jean Brodie in the Off-Broadway revival of The prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and how she still considers the New York theater world her home.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Talk shows
2. Women in the theater
3. Interviews
4. Actresses > Interviews
5. Television
6. Theater > New York (State) > New York
7. Nixon, Cynthia > Interviews
8. Theater > Production and direction

Genre/Form

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

Call number

1. NCOX 2278

Note

1. Credits at end of videodisc.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv.
3. On container: Season 5, episode 1.
4. "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. in December 2006. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 6, 2007.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Cynthia Nixon [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, c2007.

Series

1. Women in theatre

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. in December 2006. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 6, 2007.

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. Nixon, Cynthia, 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 2278