Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008
2. Thomas, Ted
3. Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944-
4. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)

Found in

1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (48 min.) : digital, stereo.

Summary

1. Ted Thomas, born Theodore Thomashevsky, son of one the biggest stars in Yiddish theatre, Boris Thomashefsky and his wife Bassie, who changed his name to Thomas and became a stage manager, and his son, pianist and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, recollect events related to the theatrical culture of the first part of the 20th century. The central story recounted by Ted Thomas concerns the production of the musical The cradle will rock by Marc Blitzstein, which was part of the Federal Theatre Project, directed by Orson Welles and produced by John Houseman, that WPA (Works Progress Administration) shut down a few days before it was to open on Broadway. The focus of the rest of the program is Yiddish theater in New York, its productions, the prominent people associated with it (one such is their father and grandfather Thomashevsky), its influence and impact, and its rich heritage.

Alternative title

1. Studs Terkel interviews Ted Thomas and Michael Tilson Thomas
2. Interview with Ted Thomas and Michael Tilson Thomas
3. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Subject

1. Thomas, Ted > Interviews
2. Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- > Interviews
3. Thomashefsky, Bores, 1866-1939
4. Blitzstein, Marc
5. Theater, Yiddish
6. Conductors (Music) > United States > Interviews
7. Stage managers > United States > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LTC-A 1593

Note

1. Title and credits based on original cassette label; date estimated from the content.
2. Streaming file transferred from original audiocassette.

Access (note)

1. Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.

Source (note)

1. Margaret Carson

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.

Title

1. Studs Terkel with Ted Thomas and Michael Tilson Thomas on WFMT, 1986.

Production

1. 1986.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Performer

1. Studs Terkel, host ; Ted Thomas, Michael Tilson Thomas, interviewees.

Event

1. Broadcast on WFMT radio in Chicago 1986.

Access

1. Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.

Source

1. Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008, host.
2. Thomas, Ted, interviewee.
3. Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- interviewee.
4. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
5. Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.

Added title

1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Found in:

1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Research call number

1. *LTC-A 1593