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Finding aid to the Gregory Grosh Yonkers Production Company Slides, 1972-1973
GLC 61
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Title: Gregory Grosh Yonkers Production Company Slides,
Date (inclusive): 1972-1973
Collection Identifier: GLC 61
Creator:
Grosh, Gregory
Physical Description:
6.0 folders
(405 slides, 1 folder, 1 oversized folder)
Contributing Institution:
James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: Yonkers Production Company was a San Francisco, California theater company in the 1970s. It specialized in all-male productions
of popular musicals such as
Dames at Sea,
The Boy Friend, and
Hello, Dolly! Yonkers was on off-shoot of SIR Productions and involved many of the same people. The Society for Individual Rights (SIR),
was a homophile organization based in San Francisco. The collection contains slides of three Yonkers productions and the Golden
Awards, and includes a few reviews and one program.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
The collection is open for research, with photographs available for viewing during Photo Desk hours: Tuesday: 1-5; Thursday:
1-5; Saturday: 10-12, 1-5.
Copyright retained by Grosh who is credited as Fotografix or Photo-Grafix.
[Identification of item], Gregory Grosh Yonkers Production Company Slides (GLC 61), Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco
Public Library.
Donated by Gregory Grosh, February 2009.
Yonkers Production Company was a San Francisco, California theater company in the 1970s. It specialized in all-male productions
of popular musicals such as
Dames at Sea,
The Boy Friend, and
Hello, Dolly! Yonkers was on off-shoot of SIR Productions and involved many of the same people. They include co-producers Perry George
and John Kozak; Chuck Zinn, director; and Doug Marglin, choreographer. SIR, the Society for Individual Rights, was a homophile
organization based in San Francisco.
Gregory Grosh was a neighbor of Kozak and Marglin's, and he became a member of the Yonkers Production Company at their invitation.
He performed many behind the scenes tasks, such as taking photographs. His photographs of
The Boy Friend appear in several reviews; he is credited as Fotografix and Photo-Graphix.
The collection contains slides of three productions from 1973:
The Boy Friend,
Dames at Sea, and
Hello, Dolly! In addition, there are slides from the Golden Awards, a few reviews and one program. The program for the May 1972
Hello, Dolly! production includes the article "The Siege of the Palace of Fine Arts" by Perry George in which he details the search for
a performance venue. Several performances took place at the Village Theatre.
Arranged alphabetically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Society for Individual Rights
Yonkers Production Company (San Francisco, Calif.)--Pictorial works
Gay theater--California--San Francisco
Theater--California--San Francisco