Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Posnick, Michael, 1942-
2. Swados, Elizabeth
3. Swados, Elizabeth
4. Kluga, Ray
5. Giguere, Edi
6. McRoberts, Jeffrey
7. Reynolds, Charles
8. Bowden, Jon
9. Johnson, Greg
10. Young, Linda Carol
11. Boyle, Robert Ott
12. Herber, Pete
13. Padilla, Louis
14. Patinkin, Laura
15. Ringham, Nancy
16. Walker, Frederique S
17. LeBlanc, Jim
18. Corwin, Betty L.
19. Character Generators/Video
20. Mosaic Theatre (New York, N.Y.), producer
21. Foundation for Jewish Culture
22. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (94 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Subject

1. Bible > Stage adaptations
2. Jews > Drama
3. Purim > Drama
4. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
5. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990

Genre/Form

1. Musicals.

Call number

1. NCOV 687

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Set design by Ray Kluga ; costumes by Edi Giguere ; lighting design by Jeffrey McRoberts ; magic by Charles Reynolds ; musical director, Jonny Bowden ; stage managers, Greg Johnson and Linda Carol Young.

Performer (note)

1. Introductory remarks: Elizabeth Swados and Michael Posnick.
2. Robert Ott Boyle, Peter Herber, Louis Padilla, Laura Patinkin, Nancy Ringham, Frederique S. Walker.
3. Percussion, Jim Le Blanc.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the 92nd Street Y, New York, N.Y., March 24, 1988.

Funding (note)

1. Recorded with the financial assistance of the Foundation for Jewish Culture.

Title

1. Esther: a Vaudeville Megillah [videorecording] / Mosaic Theatre, Michael Posnick, artistic director, presents ; written, composed and directed by Liz Swados ; narration based on Elie Wiesel's 92nd Street Y Purim lecture "Beauty and Commitment" ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.

Imprint

1. New York, c 1988.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Set design by Ray Kluga ; costumes by Edi Giguere ; lighting design by Jeffrey McRoberts ; magic by Charles Reynolds ; musical director, Jonny Bowden ; stage managers, Greg Johnson and Linda Carol Young.

Cast

1. Introductory remarks: Elizabeth Swados and Michael Posnick.
2. Robert Ott Boyle, Peter Herber, Louis Padilla, Laura Patinkin, Nancy Ringham, Frederique S. Walker.
3. Percussion, Jim Le Blanc.

Event

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the 92nd Street Y, New York, N.Y., March 24, 1988.

Funding

1. Recorded with the financial assistance of the Foundation for Jewish Culture.

Connect to:

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

Local subject

1. Bible. Esther -- Stage adaptations.

Added author

1. Posnick, Michael, 1942- producer.
2. Posnick, Michael, 1942- speaker.
3. Swados, Elizabeth. Esther: a Vaudeville Megillah.
4. Swados, Elizabeth, librettist.
5. Swados, Elizabeth, lyricist.
6. Swados, Elizabeth, director.
7. Swados, Elizabeth, speaker.
8. Kluga, Ray, set designer.
9. Giguere, Edi, costume designer.
10. McRoberts, Jeffrey, lighting designer.
11. Reynolds, Charles, magic effects.
12. Bowden, Jon, musical director.
13. Johnson, Greg, stage manager.
14. Young, Linda Carol, stage manager.
15. Boyle, Robert Ott, performer.
16. Herber, Pete, performer.
17. Padilla, Louis, performer.
18. Patinkin, Laura, performer.
19. Ringham, Nancy, performer.
20. Walker, Frederique S, performer.
21. LeBlanc, Jim, instrumentalist.
22. Corwin, Betty L.
23. Character Generators/Video.
24. Mosaic Theatre (New York, N.Y.), producer.
25. Foundation for Jewish Culture.
26. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research call number

1. NCOV 687