Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Robbins, Jerome
2. Robbins, Jerome
3. Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
4. Lanier, Jane
5. Pérez, Luis
6. La Fosse, Robert
7. Shubert Organization, donor

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (7 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Rehearsals of excerpts from the number "Mr. Monotony," originally intended for, but then later cut from, the Broadway musicals Miss Liberty (1949) and Call me madam (1950), in preparation for the musical retrospective Jerome Robbins' Broadway, which premiered in February 1989 at the Imperial Theatre, New York, N.Y. The sections rehearsed include "trombone," the pas de deux and the pas de trois.

Alternative title

1. Miss Liberty. Mr. Monotony
2. Call me madam. Mr. Monotony
3. "Monotony" reh[earsal]
4. Jerome Robbins' Broadway rehearsal

Subject

1. Dance
2. Musicals
3. Theater rehearsals > New York (State) > New York
4. Dance rehearsals
5. Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 > Call me madam
6. Video
7. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
8. Robbins, Jerome > Jerome Robbins' Broadway
9. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
10. Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 > Miss Liberty
11. Musical theater > Production and direction

Genre/Form

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

Call number

1. NCOV 815

Note

1. Production credits from Jerome Robbins' Broadway program.
2. Time and date code on frame.
3. Rehearsal location gathered from TOFT files.

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in 890 Broadway Studios, New York, N.Y., in rehearsal clothes with piano accompaniment, on Sept. 15, 1988.

Title

1. Mr. Monotony, Sept. 15, 1988: [Jerome Robbins' Broadway rehearsal] [videorecording] / choreographed by Jerome Robbins ; music by Irving Berlin.

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y., 1988.

Access

1. Permission required.

Performer

1. Rehearsed by Jane Lanier, Luis Pérez, and Robert La Fosse.

Event

1. Videotaped in 890 Broadway Studios, New York, N.Y., in rehearsal clothes with piano accompaniment, on Sept. 15, 1988.

Local note

1. Gift of Jerome Robbins and The Shubert Organization.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Robbins, Jerome. Jerome Robbins' Broadway.
2. Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.
3. Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Miss Liberty.
4. Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Call me madam.
5. Lanier, Jane, performer.
6. Pérez, Luis, performer.
7. La Fosse, Robert, performer.
8. Robbins, Jerome, donor.
9. Shubert Organization, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOV 815