Daniels (Danny) papers

Series 1. Stage Productions 1947-2001

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General

While many of these scripts say "music by" they do not actually contain the music, unless specifically noted. The composer's name is included only for purposes of identification.

Scope and Content

This series contains material on productions for which Daniels served as performer, choreographer, or director.

Organization and Arrangement

Productions are in alphabetical order, with script material listed first, and then other files listed in alphabetical order. For Broadway productions, only the theater is noted; other non-touring productions also indicate the city.

Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre (1953)

Biography/History

This was a touring show choreographed by de Mille. Daniels was a featured performer.

box 1, folder 1

Programs and clippings 1953

Scope and Contents

Includes a telegram from de Mille.

All American (Winter Garden, 1962)

box 1, folder 2

Script with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams based on "Professor Fodorski" by Robert Lewis Taylor 1961

box 1, folder 3

Rehearsal script with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams based on "Professor Fodorski" by Robert Lewis Taylor [lightly annotated] undated

box 1, folder 4

Final rehearsal script with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams based on "Professor Fodorski" by Robert Lewis Taylor [lightly annotated] undated

box 1, folder 5

Clippings and programs 1961-1962

box 1, folder 6

Correspondence 1962

Scope and Contents

Includes congratulatory telegrams from Leland Heyward, Lee Adams and Charles Strouse, Hugh Martin, Agnes [De Mille?], Jule Styne, Shirley and Morton Gould, Mel Brooks; two handwritten notes from Joshua Logan.

box 2, folder 1

Legal 1962

Annie Get Your Gun (Lincoln Center, 1966)

Biography/History

The production was also filmed and broadcast on NBC in 1967.

box 2, folder 2

Script with lyrics and music by Irving Berlin and book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields [lightly annotated] undated

box 2, folder 3

Script with lyrics and music by Irving Berlin and book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields 1966

Scope and Contents

Includes schedules.

box 2, folder 4

Published scripts with lyrics and music by Irving Berlin and book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields 1967

box 2, folder 5

Clippings and reviews 1966

box 2, folder 6

Correspondence 1966 and 1977

Scope and Contents

Includes: congratulatory telegrams from Jule Styne, Irving Berlin, Leland Heyward, Richard De Benedictis, and Agnes [DeMille?]; note from Dorothy Fields; handwritten letter from Joshua Logan.

box 2, folder 7

Dance score 1966

box 2, folder 8

Legal 1966 and 1998

Scope and Contents

Includes: Daniels' contract; material regarding the copyright of choreography.

box 2, folder 9

Music scores [annotated] 1966

box 2, folder 10

Programs 1966

box 81

Props undated

Scope and Content

Trick lariats and whips.

Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge (Kennedy Center [Washington, D.C.], 1990)

box 3, folder 1

Script [lightly annotated] 1989

box 3, folder 2

Rehearsal script with book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Martin Charnin [annotated] 1989

box 21

Audio tapes 1989-1990

Scope and Contents

Eight cassettes.

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box 3, folder 3

Casting undated

box 3, folder 4

Contact lists 1989-1990

box 3, folder 5

Dance notes undated

box 3, folder 6

Legal 1989-1990

box 3, folder 7

Programs [one signed by cast and crew] 1990

box 3, folder 8

Publicity 1989-1990

box 4, folder 1

Research 1978

Scope and Contents

Includes playscript for Annie with book by Thomas Meehan and lyrics by Martin Charnin.

Bermuda Avenue Triangle (Promenade Theatre [New York], 1997)

box 4, folder 2

Script by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna [annotated] December 4, 1996

box 4, folder 3

Script by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna [lightly annotated] December 4, 1996

box 4, folder 4

Script [annotated] December 4, 1996

box 4, folder 5

Script by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna [annotated] March 5, 1997

box 4, folder 6

Replaced script pages [annotated] March 2, 1997

box 4, folder 7

Script pages [annotated] April 29, 1997

box 4, folder 8

Casting 1997

box 4, folder 9

Clippings and publicity 1997

box 5, folder 1

Contracts 1997

box 5, folder 2

Correspondence 1997

box 5, folder 3

Financial 1997

box 5, folder 4

Production 1997

box 5, folder 5

Set designs 1997

box 21

Video and audio recordings 1995-1997

Scope and Contents

Five VHS tapes, two CD-Rs, eight audiocassettes.

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Best Foot Forward (Stage 73 [New York], 1963)

box 5, folder 6

Script with book by John Cecil Holm and music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane [annotated] undated

Scope and Content

Includes two photographs from the 1942 Broadway production.

box 21

Audio cassette undated

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box 5, folder 7

Clippings and programs 1963

box 5, folder 8

Correspondence 1963

Scope and Contents

Includes congratulatory telegrams from Shirley and Morton Gould, Agnes [De Mille?], and Jule Styne.

Ciao, Rudy (Teatro Sistina [Rome, Italy],1966)

box 5, folder 9

Script Rudolph Valentino [annotated] undated

box 5, folder 10

Script [annotated] undated

box 5, folder 11

Script pages [annotated] undated

box 5, folder 12

Clippings 1966

box 5, folder 13

Correspondence 1965-1966

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Marcello Mastroianni.

box 5, folder 14

Publicity undated

Scope and Contents

Contains: posters, programs, and stationery.

Danny Daniels and Group (Kaufman Auditorium [New York], 1952)

box 6, folder 1

Programs, clippings, and telegrams 1952

Fat Pig (Haymarket Theatre [Leicester, England], 1987)

box 21

Audio tapes November 19, 1987

Scope and Contents

Six audio cassettes.

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Follies in Concert (Lincoln Center, 1985)

Biography/History

Although Daniels' scripts pre-date the 1971 Broadway premiere, there is no evidence he worked on that production. However, he was the choreographer for the 1985 concert version of the show.

box 6, folder 2

Script The Girls Upstairs with book by James Goldman, and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim April, 1968

box 6, folder 3

Script The Girls Upstairs with book by James Goldman, and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim May, 1969

box 6, folder 4

Clippings and programs 1985

box 22

Music manuscripts The Girls Upstairs by Stephen Sondheim undated

1491 (The Music Center [Los Angeles], 1969)

box 6, folder 5

Script by Meredith Wilson [lightly annotated] 1969

box 23

Audio cassette undated

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box 6, folder 6

Box office reports 1969

box 6, folder 7

Clippings and programs 1969

box 6, folder 8

Contracts 1969

box 6, folder 9

Correspondence 1969

High Spirits (Alvin Theatre, 1964-1965)

box 7, folder 1

Script with music by Hugh Martin, Lyrics by Timothy Gray and Hugh Martin, and book by Timothy Gray, adapted from Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit [lightly annotated] undated

box 7, folder 2

Script based on Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, with music, lyrics, and book by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray November, 1963

box 23

Audio cassette undated

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box 7, folder 3

Clippings 1964

Scope and Contents

Includes Dancing Times, vol LV, no. 650, November, 1964.

box 7, folder 4

Contract and correspondence 1963-1964

Scope and Contents

Includes handwritten letter from Tammy Grimes apologizing for having missed her call time; a telegram, two Christmas cards, and two notes from Noel Coward; two telegrams and two handwritten letters from Cicely Courtneidge; congratulatory telegrams from Shirley and Morton Gould, Jule Styne, Agnes De Mille, Leland Heyward, and Arthur Godfrey.

box 22

Music manuscripts by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray undated

box 7, folder 5

Programs 1964

Scope and Contents

Includes programs for productions in New Haven, Philadelphia, New York, and London.

box 7, folder 6

Sheet music 1964

Scope and Contents

Contains "Vocal Selections from High Spirits" by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray.

Hot September (Shubert Theatre {Boston], 1965)

box 7, folder 7

Script with book by Paul Osborn, music by Kenneth Jacobson, and lyrics by Rhoda Roberts, based on William Inge's Picnic [annotated] 1965

box 7, folder 8

Agreements 1965

box 7, folder 9

Clippings and programs 1965

box 7, folder 10

Correspondence 1965

Scope and Contents

Contains post card from Hugh Martin.

box 8, folder 1

Music manuscripts by Rhoda Roberts and Kenny Jacobson undated

I Remember Mama (Majestic Theatre, 1979)

box 8, folder 2

Script May 26, 1979

box 8, folder 3

Working script April 30, 1979

box 23

Audio cassette 1979

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box 8, folder 4

Clippings and programs 1979

box 8, folder 5

Contracts 1979

box 8, folder 6

Correspondence 1979

Scope and Contents

Includes congratulatory telegram from Jule Styne; note from Richard Rodgers; handwritten card from Liv Ullmann.

box 79

Three-sheet poster 1979

Jerome Kern - Life upon the Wicked Stage (Harriet and Charles Luckman Theatre [Los Angeles], 2001)

Biography/History

This was an AIDS benefit partially choreographed by Daniels.

box 8, folder 7

Programs 2001

Jubilee (Carnegie Hall, 1998)

Biography/History

This was a benefit for the Gay Men's Health Crisis featuring material by Cole Porter and Moss Hart. It was directed by Herbert Ross.

box 23

Audio tapes 1998

Scope and Contents

Two cassettes.

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box 8, folder 8

General 1998-1999

Scope and Content

Includes contact lists; correspondence; program; set plans.

The Kennedy Center Honors (Kennedy Center [Washington, D.C.], 1991)

box 9, folder 1

General 1991-1992

Scope and Contents

Includes copy of a letter from Fayard Nicholas offering guidelines for publicity materials; text of Danny Daniels' tribute to the Nicholas Brothers; commemorative desk diary.

Kiss Me Kate (Shubert Theatre, 1950)

box 9, folder 2

Clippings and correspondence [photocopies] 1950

box 9, folder 3

Program 1950

Lolita, My Love (Shubert Theatre [Philadelphia], 1971)

box 9, folder 4

Script with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by John Barry, based on the novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov [annotated] December 24, 1970

box 9, folder 5

Script [annotated] 1971

box 9, folder 6

Clippings and program 1971

box 9, folder 7

Contracts 1971

Love Match (Ahmanson Theatre [Los Angeles], 1968-1969)

box 9, folder 8

Incomplete script with book and lyrics by Christian Hamilton and music by Milton Kaye March 15, 1967

box 9, folder 9

Script with book and lyrics by Christian Hamilton and music by Milton Kaye March 15, 1967

box 9, folder 10

Script with book by Christian Hamilton, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., and music by Milton Kaye undated

box 10, folder 1

Agreements 1968-1971

box 23, case 1

Milliken/Love Match yrlsc_1925_023_001a undated

Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:25:45)

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Scope and Contents

Transcribed from Conainer: "Milliken/Love Match"

box 23, case 1

Milliken/Love Match yrlsc_1925_023_001b undated

Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:19:31)

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Scope and Contents

Transcribed from Conainer: "Milliken/Love Match"/Transcribed from cassette "Milliken, 2nd Show Tues. 30's- Windy, Gypsy"

box 10, folder 2

Clippings 1968

box 10, folder 3

Correspondence 1968

box 10, folder 4

Programs 1968

Meet Me in St. Louis (Municipal Opera [St. Louis, MO], 1960)

box 10, folder 5

First draft script by Sally Benson [annotated] undated

box 23

Audio cassette undated

Scope and Content

Original Broadway cast recording.

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box 10, folder 6

Clippings 1960

box 10, folder 7

Correspondence 1960

box 27

Music manuscripts by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane undated

Milliken Breakfast Show

Biography/History

The Milliken textile company put on an annual show to feature its products at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Daniels choreographed the show two years in a row.

box 10, folder 8

Script [heavily annotated] 1970

box 10, folder 9

Script [heavily annotated] 1971

Mitzi Gaynor act

Biography/History

This subseries contains material for various stage shows for Mitzi Gaynor that Danny Daniels choreographed over the years.

box 23

Audio tapes 1971

Scope and Content

Two cassettes.

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box 11, folder 1

Clippings and publicity 1968-1971

box 11, folder 2

Contracts and correspondence 1968-1971

Scope and Contents

Includes contract for Mitzi's 2nd Special (1969); cards from Gaynor.

Nanette Fabray act

Biography/History

This subseries contains material relating to a one-woman show starring Nanette Fabray and directed by Danny Daniels, which appeared under a number of different titles in a variety of venues over the course of several years.

box 11, folder 3-5

Scripts 1986-1995

box 11, folder 6

Agreements 1986-2000

box 12, folder 1

Clippings 1987-1994

box 12, folder 2

Concert agents 1972-1996

Scope and Content

Includes material about booking engagements in different venues.

box 12, folder 3

Correspondence 1983-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes copy of a letter from Fabray to Bernard Gersten about casting Bill Irwin in a revival of The Would-Be Gentleman, June 16, 1983.

box 12, folder 4

Production 1988-2002

box 12, folder 5

Programs 1987-2000

box 12, folder 6

Sheet music circa 1986

box 23-26

Video and audio recordings 1986-1996

Scope and Content

Thirteen reel-to-reel tapes, fourteen audio cassettes, ten VHS tapes, four Betamax tapes, four U-matic tapes.

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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (The Music Center [Los Angeles], 1980)

box 12, folder 7

Script by Alan Jay Lerner, with music by Burton Lane [annotated] December 16, 1966

box 12, folder 8

Script [annotated] 1980

box 13, folder 1

Published script by Alan Jay Lerner, with music by Burton Lane [photocopy] 1980

Scope and Contents

Also includes additional script pages.

box 13, folder 2

Script [annotated] 1980

Scope and Contents

Includes set designs.

box 26

Audio cassette undated

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box 13, folder 3

Clippings and program 1980

box 13, folder 4

Contracts 1980-1981

Scope and Contents

Includes card from Joanna [Gleason?].

box 13, folder 5

Correspondence 1980

Rags (Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1986)

Biography/History

Daniels was dismissed from this production during rehearsals.

box 13, folder 6

Script with book by Joseph Stein, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Steven Schwartz September 20, 1983

box 13, folder 7

Script with book by Joseph Stein, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Steven Schwartz [annotated] undated

box 13, folder 8

Revised script pages by Joan Micklin Silver of Joe Stein script February 21, 1985

box 26

Audio tapes undated

Scope and Contents

Two cassettes.

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box 13, folder 9

Cast and staff lists undated

box 13, folder 10

Clippings and program 1986

box 13, folder 11

Contracts 1984-1986

box 13, folder 12

Correspondence 1984

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Stephen Schwartz dismissing Daniels.

box 14, folder 1

Dance notes 1983-1984

box 14, folder 2

Research 1983

Scandals (TheatreVirginia [Richmond, VA] 1980)

box 79

Props - feather fans undated

box 81

Props - ropes undated

box 82

Props - point shoes with taps; bells mounted on harnesses undated

box 83

Props - mugs with sandpaper bottoms undated

box 84

Props - handbells undated

Street Scene (Adelphi Theatre, 1947)

box 14, folder 3

Correspondence 1947

Scope and Contents

Includes telegram from Langston Hughes.

box 22

Photographs 1947

box 14, folder 4

Program and clippings 1947 and 2000

Stuff 'n' Nonsense

Biography/History

This subseries contains material about a musical revue for children created by Danny Daniels and performed in schools and other venues.

box 15, folder 1-2, box 14, folder 5-7

Scripts [heavily annotated] 1973-2001

box 15, folder 3

Clippings and programs 1973

box 15, folder 4

Correspondence 1973-2000

Scope and Contents

Includes card from Jack Oakie.

box 15, folder 5

Magic catalogs undated

box 15, folder 6

Music manuscripts and sheet music 1971-1973

box 15, folder 7

Notes and production material circa 1973-2001

box 28-30

Reel-to-reel tapes 1973

Scope and Contents

Twenty-three audio tapes.

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box 79

Set and costume designs by Robert Zentis 1973

Tamiment Playhouse

Biography/History

This subseries contains material about a theater in the Poconos, where Daniels was resident choreographer during the summers of 1954 and 1955.

box 15, folder 8

Lyrics 1954

box 15, folder 9

Programs 1954-1955

Tap Dance Concerto

Biography/History

Morton Gould composed the concerto specifically for Danny Daniels, who performed it dozens of times in the United States and Europe.

box 30

Audio cassette undated

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box 16, folder 1

Clippings 1952-2000 1952-1963

box 16, folder 2

Contracts 1956-1963

box 16, folder 3

Dance notes undated

box 16, folder 4, box 27

Music manuscripts by Morton Gould 1952-1956

Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten, annotated music manuscripts; published sheet music [annotated].

box 16, folder 5-6

Programs 1953-1963

The Tap Dance Kid (Broadhurst Theatre, 1983-1984)

box 17, folder 1

Advertisements 1984

box 17, folder 2

Arbitration and settlement 1985-1988

Scope and Contents

Contains material about the touring company's use of Daniels' choreography.

box 17, folder 3

Astaire Awards 1984

box 30

Audio tapes 1983-1985

Scope and Content

One reel-to-reel tape; twelve cassettes.

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box 17, folder 4-5

Auditions 1982-1984

box 18, folder 1

Clippings 1982-1985

box 18, folder 2

Congratulatory notes 1983-1985

box 18, folder 3

Contact lists 1982-1984

box 18, folder 4

Contracts 1983-1985

box 18, folder 5

Correspondence 1983-1984

box 18, folder 6

General 1985-1986

Scope and Contents

Includes: copyright registration for the choreography; tour itinerary; box office statements for a Miami run.

box 18, folder 7

Publicity and programs 1984-1985

box 18, folder 8

Reviews 1983-1986

box 19, folder 1

Road contracts 1986

box 19, folder 2

Tony Awards 1984

Scope and Contents

Includes programs for the ceremony, a letter from Vivian Matalon containing his acceptance speech, envelope revealing winner, Daniels' notes for his acceptance speech.

box 19, folder 3

Tony Awards - congratulations 1984

Walking Happy (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1966-1967)

box 19, folder 4

Script with book by Roger O. Hirson & Ketti Frings, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, and music by James Van Heusen, based on the play Hobson's Choice by Harald Brighouse undated

Scope and Content

Includes set design sketches.

box 30

Audio cassette undated

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box 19, folder 5

Clippings and programs 1966-1967

box 19, folder 6

Contract 1966

box 19, folder 7

Correspondence 1966-1967

Scope and Contents

Includes good luck telegrams from Nedda and Joshua Logan, Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, and Jimmy Van Heusen,

box 19, folder 8

Dance notes 1966

box 27

Music manuscripts by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen 1966

box 19, folder 9

Sheet music 1993

Scope and Contents

"Vocal Selections from Walking Happy" (Warner Bros. Publications).

box 20, folder 1

Tony Awards 1967

Scope and Contents

Contains tickets and program for the ceremony.

Wonderful Town (Curran Theatre [San Francisco], 1975)

box 20, folder 2

Script with book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green undated

box 30

Audio cassette 1975

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box 20, folder 3

Clippings and programs 1975

box 20, folder 4

Contracts and correspondence 1975

Scope and Contents

Includes birthday card from Nanette Fabray; telegrams from Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

box 20, folder 5

Music manuscripts by Leonard Bernstein and Betty Comden & Adolph Green undated

Series 2. Unrealized Stage Productions 1961-2002

Scope and Content

This series contains material on stage productions that were not produced, or that were produced but had no involvement from Danny Daniels.

Organization and Arrangement

Productions are in alphabetical order, with script material listed first, and then other files listed in alphabetical order.

General

While many of these scripts say "music by" they do not actually contain the music. unless specifically noted. The composer's name is included only for purposes of identification.

Aimee

box 20, folder 6

Script by Jerome Chodorov [annotated] undated

Anna Karenina (Circle in the Square, 1992)

box 41

Audio tape undated

Scope and Contents

One demo cassette with music by Daniel Levine and lyrics by Peter Kellogg.

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Bert 'n' Eddie

box 20, folder 7

Script by Dick De Benedictis September 26, 2002

Bits and Pieces

box 20, folder 8

Scripts for Nanette Fabray by Edmund Hartmann 1976

Bloomer Girl

box 31, folder 1-2

Scripts with book by Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy (based on a play by Dan and Lilith James), music by Harold Arlen, and lyrics by E. Y. Harburg October, 1978

Bodo (Goodspeed Opera House [East Haddam, CT], 1982)

box 41

Audio tapes undated

Scope and Contents

Three cassettes.

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Candide

box 31, folder 3

Script based on the play by Lillian Hellman, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Richard Wilbur, and additional lyrics by John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, and Leonard Bernstein, adapted by Michael Stewart and Sheldon Patinkin undated

Capone

box 31, folder 4

Script with book by Frank Peppiatt, music by Joey Miller, and lyrics by Joey Miller and Frank Peppiatt, from a story by Ken Atkinson, Joey Miller, Frank Peppiatt, and Michael Steele 1997

box 41

Audio cassette 1997

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The Case of the Dead Flamingo Dancer

box 31, folder 5

Script with book and lyrics by Dan Butler and music by Donald Oliver July 1988

box 41

Audio cassette 1989

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A Connecticut Yankee

box 31, folder 6

Script with book by Herbert Fields, music by Richard Rodgers, and lyrics by Lorenz Hart 1977

Cyrano

box 32, folder 1

Script notes and outlines 1969

box 32, folder 2

Contracts 1969

Divorce Me, Darling!

box 41

Audio cassette undated

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Eleanor

box 32, folder 3

Script with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Jerome Coopersmith September, 1970

French Follies

box 32, folder 4-5

Scripts with book and lyrics by Jonathan Lynn and music by Monty Norman 1982-1983

box 41

Audio cassette undated

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The Gold Diggers

box 32, folder 6

Script by Avery Hopwood [lightly annotated] undated

Gold Rush

box 34, folder 1-4, box 33, folder 1-5, box 32, folder 7

Scripts by Danny Daniels, Annamary Giagni, and Paul Jarrico 1972-1975

box 41

Audio recordings undated

Scope and Contents

Two cassette tapes; one reel-to-reel tape.

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box 34, folder 5, box 35, folder 1

Music 1932-1940, and undated

Scope and Contents

Contains songbooks "Songs of the Gold Miners" by Sterling Sherwin and Louis Katzman (New York: Carl Fischer, 1932) and "The Gold Rush Songbook" (San Francisco: Colt Press, 1940); photocopies of music from the mid-nineteenth century.

box 35, folder 2-3

Notes undated

box 35, folder 4

Research circa 1971

Honky Tonk

box 35, folder 5

Synopsis and copyright registration 1989

Identical Twins from Baltimore? (Tiffany Theatre [Los Angeles], 1987)

box 36, folder 1

Script with book by Marc Mantell and music and lyrics by Dan Alvy undated

Scope and Contents

Includes publicity material.

box 41

Audio tapes undated

Scope and Contents

Two cassettes.

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The Immortals

box 36, folder 2

Script undated

Irene

box 36, folder 3

Script with music by Harry Terney, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, additional music by Otis Clements, additional lyrics by Charles Gaynor, and book by Hugh Wheeler, adapted by Harry Rigby from original play by James Montgomery August, 1972

Jack Armstrong, All-American Boy

box 36, folder 4

Script by Jeff Feather and Michael Kramer undated

Jekyll and Hyde

box 36, folder 5

Script with book and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and music by Frank Wildhorn [annotated] 1991

Life Isn't a Song Cue?

box 36, folder 6

Script by Timothy Gray undated

Love Life

box 36, folder 7

Script with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Kurt Weill undated

Murder

box 37, folder 1

Script by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick undated

My Last Radio Show

box 37, folder 2

Scripts by Arnold and Lois Peyser, based on the writings of Fred Allen 1988-1992

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence.

Patriots

box 37, folder 3

Script with book, music, and lyrics by Jay Alan Quantrill undated

Play On! (Old Globe Theatre [San Diego], 1996)

Biography/History

Daniels was consulted about how to bring this show to Broadway. He expressed interest in working on the production, but did not want the current choreographer, Mercedes Ellington, to be fired.

box 37, folder 4

Correspondence and program 1996

The Prince of Central Park

box 37, folder 5

Script with book by Evan H. Rhodes, music by Don Sebesky, and lyrics by Gloria Nissenson 1989

Quality Street

box 37, folder 6-8

Scripts with book and lyrics by Lee Goldsmith and music by Roger Anderson, based on the play by J.M. Barrie 1989

box 41

Audio cassette undated

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The Rise and Fall of Belle Canto

box 38, folder 1

Treatment by Sam Locke undated

70, Girls, 70

box 38, folder 2

Script with lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by David Thompson and Norman L. Martin, and music by John Kander, based on the play A Breath of Spring by Peter Coke September 21, 1991

box 41

Audio cassette undated

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Something to Do

box 38, folder 3

Script 1976

Scope and Contents

Includes sheet music by Morton Gould and Carolyn Leigh.

Tam O'Shanter

Biography/History

Alternate title: Ev'ry Laddie Has a Lassie.

box 38, folder 4-7

Scripts with book by Timothy Gray and Warren B. Meyers, lyrics by Timothy Gray, and music by Warren B. Meyers, with some lyrics from the poetry of Robert Burns 1961

Tangerine

box 39, folder 1

Script by Stephen Temperley undated

Tchaikovsky

box 39, folder 2

Script by Donald G. Richardson and Toby Bluth 1993

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence.

Teddy and Alice

box 80

Audio cassettes undated

Scope and Content

Two cassettes.

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Thoroughly Modern Millie

box 39, folder 3

Script with book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan, new music by Jeanine Tesori, and new lyrics by Dick Scanlan, based on Richard Morris's original story and screenplay 1999

Time Steps

box 41

Audio and video recordings 1982

Scope and Contents

Eight reel-to-reel tapes; one U-matic tape.

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Tru

box 39, folder 4

Script by Jay Presson Allen October 25, 1989

Uncle Daniel

box 39, folder 5-7

Scripts with a book by Jerome Chodorov, and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, based on a play by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov and the novella "The Ponder Heart" by Eudora Welty 1986-1988

box 41

Audio tapes undated

Scope and Contents

Two cassettes.

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box 40, folder 1

Correspondence and agreements 1988-1989

box 40, folder 2

Fair sequence undated

Scope and Contents

Includes notes and photographs.

Valentino

box 40, folder 3

Agreements 1970

box 41

Audio tapes undated

Scope and Contents

Three cassettes with Ray Jessel.

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Viola, Violino, e Viola d'Amore

box 40, folder 4

Correspondence 1965-1967

The Ways of My Youth

box 40, folder 5

Script with music by John Morris and book and lyrics by Barbara Fried undated

You Haven't Changed a Bit! and Other Lies (Whitefire Theatre [Sherman Oaks, CA])

box 40, folder 6

Script with book and lyrics by Jerry Mayer and music by Steve Mayer May 1, 1998

Scope and Content

Includes program.

Series 3. Film and Television Productions 1939-2004

Scope and Content

This series contains material on film and television productions that Danny Daniels was involved in as choreographer or performer.

Organization and Arrangement

Productions are in alphabetical order, with script material listed first, and then other files listed in alphabetical order.

Baggy Pants (HBO, 1981)

box 40, folder 7

Script [annotated] undated

box 40, folder 8

Script undated

box 40, folder 9

Photographs 1999

Scope and Contents

Contains snapshots of a television screen showing the program.

box 41

Videotapes undated

Scope and Contents

Three VHS tapes; two U-matic tapes.

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The Bing Crosby Show (ABC, 1959-1960)

box 42, folder 1

Clippings 1960

The Danny Kaye Show (CBS, 1961)

box 42, folder 2

Clippings 1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (CBS, 2004)

box 42, folder 3

Writer's draft script "Dick Van Dyke Revisited" by Carl Reiner February 25, 2004

An Evening with John Denver (ABC, 1975)

box 42, folder 4

Photographs undated

Scope and Content

Includes photographs of Doris Day, Dick Van Dyke, and Danny Daniels.

The Fabulous Fifties (CBS, 1960)

box 42, folder 5

Clippings 1960-1961

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Paramount, 1984)

box 42, folder 6

Agreement 1983

box 67

Audio tapes undated

Scope and Contents

Four cassettes, apparently with several different versions of "Anything Goes."

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box 42, folder 7

Clippings and credits 1984

box 42, folder 8

Contact list 1982

The Judy Garland Show (CBS, 1963-1964)

box 42, folder 9

Lyrics and clippings 1963

Scope and Contents

Contains two sets of lyrics, one labelled "#5 Dick Shawn Tony Bennet" and the other "#6 Nat Cole Jack Carter."

The Martha Raye Show (NBC, 1954-1956)

box 42, folder 10

Correspondence and clipping 1956

box 67

U-matic tape undated

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The Night They Raided Minsky's (United Artists, 1968)

box 42, folder 11

Final draft screenplay by Arnold Schulman, Sidney Michaels, and Norman Lear, based on the book by Rowland Barber June 21, 1967

box 42, folder 12

Final revised draft screenplay by Arnold Schulman, Sidney Michaels, and Norman Lear, based on the book by Rowland Barber August 16, 1967

Scope and Contents

Includes dance notes

box 42, folder 13

Second revised draft screenplay by Arnold Schulman, Sidney Michaels, and Norman Lear, based on the book by Rowland Barber September 18, 1967

box 43, folder 1

Agreements 1967-1979

Scope and Contents

Also includes agreements for a proposed stage production.

box 43, folder 2

Clippings and publicity 1968

box 43, folder 3

Music manuscripts by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse 1968

box 43, folder 4

Sheet music undated

Scope and Contents

Contains "The Night They Raided Minsky's" by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse.

Opening Night (HBO, 1978) 1978

box 80

U-matic tape 1978

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The Patrice Munsel Show (ABC, 1957-1958)

box 43, folder 5

Clippings and correspondence 1957-1958

Pennies from Heaven (MGM, 1981)

box 43, folder 6

Revised final draft screenplay by Dennis Potter October 22, 1980

Scope and Contents

Includes music breakdown.

box 43, folder 7

Agreements 1980

box 44

Audio tapes 1980-1981

Scope and Contents

Fifty cassettes, mostly with period music for potential inclusion in the film.

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box 43, folder 8

Clippings and publicity 1980-1982

box 44, folder 1

Dancers 1981

box 44, folder 2

Periodicals 1981-1985

Scope and Contents

Contains: Dancemagazine, vol LV, no. 12; The New Yorker, December 21, 1981; New York, vol. 15, no. 1; Moviegoer, vol. 1, no. 3; Ballet News, vol. 6, no. 12.

box 44, folder 3

Sketches 1980

Scope and Contents

Includes storyboards and set designs.

box 44, folder 4

Song lists 1980

Scope and Contents

Contains several lists of potential songs to be used in the film.

box 44, folder 5

Storyboards 1980

The Perry Como Show (NBC, 1955-1967)

box 44, folder 6

Clippings 1965-1967

Piaf: The Early Years (Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982)

Biography/History

Though the film was released in Europe in 1974, legal complications delayed its release in the United States until 1982.

box 45, folder 1

Screenplay with English lyrics by Fred Ebb 1973

box 45, folder 2

Agreement 1973

box 45, folder 3

Clippings 1973-1982

The Starmaker (Paramount, 1939)

box 45, folder 4

Stills and clipping 1939

Stepping Out (Paramount, 1991)

box 45, folder 5

Third draft screenplay by Richard Harris April 26, 1990

box 45, folder 6

Agreements 1990

box 47

Audio tapes 1991

Scope and Contents

Ten cassettes.

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box 45, folder 7

Clippings and publicity 1991

box 45, folder 8

Contact lists 1990

box 45, folder 9

Dance notes undated

Scope and Contents

Includes sheet music by John Kander and Fred Ebb.

box 45, folder 10

General 1990-1991

Scope and Contents

Includes call sheets and post-production notes.

box 45, folder 11

Minnelli, Liza 1990-1991

Scope and Contents

Includes handwritten note from Minnelli.

box 45, folder 12

Photographs 1990

Tap Heat (short, 2004)

box 45, folder 13

Scripts 2003

box 47

Audio-visual material 2003

Scope and Contents

Contains four CD-R and one audiocassette.

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box 45, folder 14

Casting 2003

box 45, folder 15

Contract 2003

box 45, folder 16

Dance notes 2003

Scope and Contents

Includes contact list.

This Was Burlesque (HBO, 1979)

Biography/History

Possibly broadcast as Here It Is, Burlesque.

box 47

Audiovisual material undated

Scope and Contents

Seven audio cassettes; two U-matic tapes.

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box 46, folder 1

Notes undated

box 46, folder 2

Photographs 1999

Scope and Contents

Contains snapshots of a television screen showing the program.

The Van Dyke Show (CBS, 1988)

box 47

Audio tape March 13, 1988

Scope and Contents

One cassette "Main Title for Choreography Timing."

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Voice of Firestone (ABC, 1954-1963)

box 46, folder 3

Clipping 1959

Washington Square (NBC, 1956)

box 46, folder 4

Clippings and correspondence 1956-1957

Series 4. Unrealized Film and Television Productions 1964-2000

Scope and Content

This series contains projects that were either unproduced, or were produced, but without Danny Daniels' participation.

Beach Dance

Biography/History

This was a project to be directed by Herbert Ross.

box 46, folder 5

Script material Dirty Dancing II by Christina Wayne 1998

box 46, folder 6

General 1998

Scope and Contents

Includes schedules; casting material.

box 48

Salsa research 1998

Scope and Contents

Eight VHS cassettes, including a non-commercial recording of the film Salsa (Cannon, 1988).

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The Clitheroe Kid

box 46, folder 7

Correspondence 1964-1970

Scope and Contents

Includes material on adapting the long-running BBC Radio show for television or film.

box 49

Audio tapes 1965

Scope and Contents

Four reel-to-reel tapes.

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The Cotton Club

box 46, folder 8-9

Research 1980

Flora Plum

box 46, folder 10

Screenplay by Steven Rogers September 24, 1999

Hiawatha

box 50, folder 1

Notes by Danny Daniels and Phillip Gelb undated

Scope and Contents

Includes sheet music "Suite from the Ballet Music Hiawatha" by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; "Hiawatha" by William Goldenberg; Italian Variations by J.S. Bach.

Juba

box 50, folder 2

Treatments Jib by Lawrence Holben, Bill Davis, and Danny Daniels 1980-1989

box 57

Audio cassette 1981

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box 50, folder 3

Correspondence 1976-1998

box 50, folder 4

Research 1975

Scope and Contents

Includes material on William Henry Lane and the evolution of tap dance.

Legend of the Bells

box 50, folder 5

Script by K. G. Elmslie undated

Scope and Contents

Includes Why the Chimes Rang and Other Stories by Raymond Macdonald Allen (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1945).

The Little Prince (Paramount, 1974)

box 50, folder 6

Screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, with music by Frederick Loewe, adapted from the book by Antoine de Saint Exupery February, 1972

Malibu Jones

box 50, folder 7

The Man Who Lived In Harrod's

box 50, folder 8

Outline by John Dark 2000

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, including a letter to Mohammed Al-Fayed.

Rip Van Winkle

box 51, folder 1-2

Scripts by Paul Jarrico, from a story by Washington Irving undated

The Stud with the Delicate Air

box 51, folder 3

Screenplay by Frank Tarloff and Paul Jarrico undated

Three Wishes for Jamie

box 51, folder 4

Treatments for TV version by Danny Daniels undated

Scope and Contents

Includes script with music and lyrics by Ralph Blane, book and special lyrics by Charles O'Neal & Charles Lederer, adapted from Christopher O'Neal's novel The Three Wishes of Jamie Mcruin.

Series 5. Business Records 1951-2003

Scope and Content

This series contains material related to various business ventures engaged in by Danny Daniels.

box 51, folder 5

The American Dance Machine 1978-1984

box 51, folder 6

Chicago Human Rhythm Project - contract 2002

box 52, folder 1-3

Dancing tap and fastener 1993-1995

Scope and Content

Contains material regarding Daniels' attempt to patent a new kind of tap for the bottom of dancing shoes.

Danny Daniels Dance America Company

Scope and Content

This subseries contains the records for Danny Daniels' dance school and the concerts associated with it.

box 53, folder 1-2, box 52, folder 4-6

Administrative files 1976-2001

box 53, folder 3-4, box 54, folder 1

Concerts 1976-1978

box 54, folder 2-4

Financial records 1976-1995

box 56, folder 1-4, box 54, folder 5, box 55, folder 1-4

Lesson plans and notes circa 1998

box 57

Audiovisual material circa 1981

Scope and Contents

Twenty-eight cassette tapes, mostly of music specially arranged for the dance school; one Beta tape.

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box 56, folder 5

Expo 67 [Montreal] - agreements 1967

box 58

Trina the Ballerina 1951

Scope and Content

Contains demonstrator kit for a toy created by Danny Daniels.

box 61, folder 1-3, box 59, folder 1-4, box 60, folder 1-4

Video series 1995-2003

Scope and Content

Contains material relating to the production and marketing of tap dance instructional videos. Includes client records and publicity material.

Series 6. Personal Files 1925-2003

box 61, folder 4

Album covers [color photocopies] undated

box 61, folder 5

Clifford, Peggy - correspondence 1992-1998

box 61, folder 6

Clippings 1932-1985

box 61, folder 7

Contact lists and TV ideas 1960-1966

box 61, folder 8

Correspondence 1952-1973

box 62, folder 1

Dance notes undated

box 62, folder 2

Dark, John - correspondence 1993-2002

box 62, folder 3

Ephemera 1964-1994

Scope and Content

Includes brochure for the Royal Academy of Dancing [Great Britain]; published score for "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

box 62, folder 4

Exhibits 1983-1986

Scope and Content

Programs for "Oom Pah Pah: The Great American Band"; "Drawing: A Classical Continuum," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1986; "Only L.A.: Contemporary Variations: 27 Los Angeles Artists," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1986; "Fashion and Broadway: An Exhibition Celebrating 100 Years of Playbill Magazine."

box 62, folder 5

Festivals 1972-1993

Scope and Content

Includes programs for Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters, 1972; Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days, 1977; National Dance Institute Event of the Year, 1982; Los Angeles Festival, 1987; Ecce Lesbo/Ecce Homo National Lesbian & Gay Performance Festival, 1993.

box 62, folder 6

Giagni, D.J. 1982-1985

Scope and Content

Contains programs for shows choreographed by Daniels' son, including: American Princess (Intar, 1982), Assassins (Playwrights Horizons, 1991), Harrigan 'n' Hart (Longacre, 1984).

box 62, folder 7

Gould, Morton 1963-1996

Scope and Content

Contains two programs for the New York Philharmonic [one possibly inscribed by Gould); obituaries.

box 62, folder 8

Gypsy Awards - newsletter and program 1992-1996

box 57

Harnell, Joe - audiovisual material 1970-circa 2000

Scope and Contents

Sixteen audio cassettes; two CD-R; three VHS tapes.

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box 62, folder 9

House Ear Institute 1989

Scope and Content

Contains program for gala honoring Ronald Reagan.

box 80

Interviews with Daniels 1984-1989

Scope and Content

Four audiocassettes; one set of interviews is conducted by Jerome Chodorov.

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box 80

Karlin, Fred - audio cassettes 1992

Scope and Content

Seven cassettes of jazz music, with a cover note.

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box 62, folder 10

Lecture at Disney on choreography undated

box 63, folder 1

Lester, Edwin 1972-1985

Scope and Contents

Includes Christmas cards; script and program for a 1985 tribute to Lester.

box 63, folder 2

Motion picture programs 1948-1970

Scope and Content

Contains programs for HAMLET (Universal, 1948), OLIVER! (Columbia, 1968), SONG OF NORWAY (Cinerama, 1970).

box 80

Neely, Don - audio cassettes undated

Scope and Content

Four cassettes.

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box 63, folder 3

Olsen and Johnson 1945-1967

Scope and Contents

Includes program for Laffing Room Only; scripts for Hellzapoppin.

box 63, folder 4

Periodicals - Broadway Bill of Fare 1983-1985

Scope and Content

No. 10, vol. 3 no. 2, vol. 3 no. 10, vol. 3 no. 27, vol. 3 no. 37, undated issue.

box 63, folder 5-6

Periodicals - The Journal for Stage Directors & Choreographers 1992-1998

Scope and Content

Vol. 6, nos. 1-2; vol. 7, no. 1; vol. 8, no. 2; vol. 9, nos. 1-2; vol. 10, nos. 1-2; vol. 11, nos. 1-2; vol. 12, nos. 1-2 (vol. 12, no. 2 seems to be mislabelled as vol. 11).

box 64, folder 1-2

Periodicals - The Journal for Stage Directors & Choreographers 1999-2003

Scope and Content

Vol. 13, nos. 1-2; vol. 14, nos. 1-2; vol. 15, no. 2; vol. 16, nos. 1-2; vol. 17, no. 1.

box 64, folder 3

Periodicals - The Journal of the Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, Inc. 1982-1984

Scope and Content

Issues 6, 7, 9, 11; also includes member directory.

box 64, folder 4

Periodicals - Kurt Weill Newsletter 1999-2003

Scope and Content

Vol. 17, nos. 1-2; vol. 20, no. 2, vol. 21, no.1.

box 64, folder 5

Periodicals - various 1941-1946

Scope and Contents

Contains: Life, October 13, 1941 and January 21, 1946; Esquire, June 1946.

box 64, folder 6

Periodicals - various 1947

Scope and Contents

Contains: Musical Digest, February, 1947; Life, February 24, 1947; Look, June 10, 1947; See, September, 1947.

box 65, folder 1

Periodicals - various 1949-2002

Scope and Contents

Contains: Life, March 7, 1949; Dance Magazine, January, 1952; Excel, Summer, 1987; Front & Center, vol. 2. no. 3.

box 65, folder 2

Peyser, Arnold - autobiography manuscript undated

box 65, folder 3

Photographs undated

box 65, folder 4

Play catalogs 1984

box 80

Ross, Brad - audiocassette undated

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box 65, folder 5

Schulmerich Handbells - catalogs 1995

box 66, folder 1

Scrapbook 1925-1951

Scope and Content

Contains clippings related to Thomas Sternfeld, who was Daniels' first dance instructor, and the Albany Christian Brothers Academy Minstrels.

box 66, folder 2

Scrapbook [unbound] 1931-1932

Scope and Contents

Contains clippings related to Thomas Sternfeld, Daniels' first dance instructor.

box 66, folder 3

Scrapbook 1932-1936

Scope and Contents

Contains clippings, programs, and letters related to Daniels, then known as Dan Giagni.

box 66, folder 4

Smith, Annie and Amy 1995-2000

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence with, and two autographed CDs from, these performing twin sisters.

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box 66, folder 5

Tributes and awards 1973-1992

Scope and Content

Includes programs for tributes to: George Abbott, Duke Ellington, Dorothy Fields, Jack Oakie, Bill Ross, Jimmy Van Heusen; programs for the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, 1985; the Ira Aldridge Awards, 1987; the Ameriocan Society of Muisic Arrangers and Composers Gala, 1991, 1992.

box 22

Unidentified music manuscripts circa 1967

box 83

Wardrobe undated

Scope and Content

Collapsible top hat; straw hat; "Danny Daniels Dancers" tee shirt.

Series 7. Theater Programs 1950-2001

Scope and Content

This series contains programs from theatrical performances attended by Danny Daniels over the decades.

New York City 1950-2001

Scope and Content

This subseries contains programs for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and other shows in New York City.

box 68, folder 1

A... My Name Is Alice - America Hurrah 1955-1984

Scope and Contents

A… MY NAME IS ALICE (The Village Gate, 1984), ABELARD & HELOISE (Brooks Atkinson, 1971), ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Virginia, 1983), ALL GOD'S DANGERS (Lamb's, 1989), ALL IN ONE (The Playhouse, 1955), AMEN CORNER (Nederlander, 1983), AMERICA HURRAH (Pocket, 1966).

box 68, folder 2

American Ballet Theatre 1957-1979

box 68, folder 3

American Buffalo - Anything Goes 1953-1999

Scope and Contents

AMERICAN BUFFALO (Booth, 1982), AMERICAN DANCE (Alvin, 1953), AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER (Cort, 1997), AMERICAN PASSION (Joyce, 1983) [Daniels is acknowledged in Robert Downey, Jr.s bio note], AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG… (Lincoln Center, 1984), ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (Marquis, 1999), ANYTHING GOES (Orpheum, 1962; Lincoln Center, 1988).

box 68, folder 4

The Apple Cart - Azuma 1954-1985

Scope and Contents

THE APPLE CART (Plymouth, 1956), AREN'T WE ALL? (Brooks Atkinson, 1985), ART (Royale, 1998), The Australian Ballet (City Center, 1971), AVNER THE ECCENTRIC (Lamb's, 1984), Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians (New Century, 1954).

box 68, folder 5

The Ballet Theatre - The Beauty Queen of Leenane 1954-1998

Scope and Contents

The Ballet Theatre (Metropolitan Opera, 1955, 1956), BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (Biltmore, 1965), BARNUM (St. James, 1980), BARRYMORE (Music Box, 1997), Batsheva Dance Company of Israel (City Center, 1970), Bausch, Pina (BAM, 1985), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Palace, 1994), THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE (Walter Kerr, 1998).

box 68, folder 6

Becket - The Boys from Syracuse 1959-1997

Scope and Contents

BECKET (Hudson, 1961), BELLS ARE RINGING (Alvin, 1959), BEYOND THERAPY (Brooks Atkinson, 1982), BLACK NATIVITY (Lincoln Center, 1962), BLOOD MOON (Actors and Directors, 1983), BLUES IN THE NIGHT (Rialto, 1982), Bolshoi Ballet (Metropolitan Opera, 1959), Bowyer and Bruggeman (City Center, 1982), THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (City Center, 1997).

box 69, folder 1

Breakfast with Les & Bess - Caesar, Sid 1952-1989

Scope and Contents

BREAKFAST WITH LES & BESS (Lamb's, 1983), BRECHT ON BRECHT (Theatre de Lys, 1961), BRIGADOON (City Center, 1963), BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (Alvin, 1984), BROADWAY BOUND (Broadhurst, 1988), BUGLES AT DAWN (Chernuchin, 1982), Bumbry, Grace (Carnegie Hall, 1962), BURN THIS (Plymouth, 1988), CABARET (Henry Miller, 1998), CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA / ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Ziegfeld, 1952), Caesar, Sid (Village Gate, 1989).

box 69, folder 2

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial - A Chorus Line 1954-1988

Scope and Contents

THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL (Circle in the Square, 1982), CANDIDE (Martin Beck, 1956), THE CANTERBURY TALES (Eugene O'Neill, 1969), THE CARETAKER (Lyceum, 1961), CAROUSEL (City Center, 1954, 1957; Lincoln Center, 1994), CATCH A STAR (Plymouth, 1955), CATHEDRAL (Center for Contemporary Opera, 1986), THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE (Lincoln Center, 1966), CHARLES DICKENS (Lincoln Center, 1970), CHESS (Imperial, 1988), The Chinese Magic Revue (Promenade, 1984), A CHORUS LINE (Shubert, September 29, 1983 [becoming the longest-running show on Broadway]).

box 69, folder 3

A Class Act - Cunningham, Merce 1950-2001

Scope and Contents

A CLASS ACT (Ambassador, 2001), THE COCKTAIL PARTY (Henry Miller, 1950), COCO (Mark Hellinger, 1970), COMPULSION (Ambassador, 1957), THE CONSUL (Ethel Barrymore, 1950), CONTACT (Lincoln Center, 2000), THE CORN IS GREEN (Lunt-Fontanne, 1983), CORPSE! (Helen Hayes, 1986), THE COUNTRY GIRL (Billy Rose, 1972), CRANKS (Bijou, 1956), CRAZY FOR YOU (Shubert, 1992), Cunningham, Merce (BAM, 1970; City Center, 1983).

box 69, folder 4

Da - The Days and Nights of Beebee Fenstermaker 1979-1994

Scope and Contents

DA (Morosco, 1979), DAMES AT SEA (Lamb's, 1986), DAMN YANKEES (Marquis, 1994), DANCE A LITTLE CLOSER (Minskoff, 1983), Dance Theatre of Harlem (City Center, 1982), DANCIN' (Ambassador, 1982), A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE (Golden, 1980), THE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF BEEBEE FENSTERMAKER (Sheridan Square, 1962).

box 69, folder 5

Death of a Salesman - Doubles 1957-2000

Scope and Contents

DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Broadhurst, 1984), THE DEATH OF VON RICHTOFEN AS WITNESSED FROM EARTH (Public, 1982), THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER (Square East, 1965), DESIGN FOR LIVING (Circle in the Square, 1984), THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Ambassador, 1957), DIRTY BLONDE (Helen Hayes, 2000), DIRTY LINEN & NEW-FOUND-LAND (John Golden, 1977), DOES A TIGER WEAR A NECKTIE? (Belasco, 1969), A DOLL'S LIFE (Mark Hellinger, 1982), DONNYBROOK! (46th St, 1961), DOUBLES (Ritz, 1985).

box 70, folder 1

Drat! The Cat! - Eubie! 1955-1997

Scope and Contents

DRAT! THE CAT! (Martin Beck, 1965), DREAM (Royale, 1997), THE EDUCATION OF HYMAN KAPLAN (Alvin, 1968), THE EGG (Cort, 1962), END OF THE WORLD (Music Box, 1984), THE ENTERTAINER (Royale, 1958), Escudero, Vicente (The Playhouse, 1955), EUBIE! (Ambassador, 1979).

box 70, folder 2

The Feld Ballet - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1962-2001

Scope and Contents

The Feld Ballet (Joyce, 1982, 1983), FIESTA IN MADRID (City Center, 1969), Fisher, Eddie (Winter Garden, 1962), FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT…DANCE! (Radio City, 1984), FLORA, THE RED MENACE (Alvin, 1965), FOOTLOOSE (Richard Rodgers, 1999), 42nd STREET (Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 2001), FOSSE (Broadhurst, 1999), FOUR ON A GARDEN (Broadhurst, 1971), FOUR ONE-ACT MUSICALS (South Street, 1985), FREAK (Cort, 1998), THE FULL MONTY (Eugene O'Neill, 2001), A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (St. James, 1997).

box 70, folder 3

Galas - Gotta Getaway! 1958-1984

Scope and Contents

GALAS (One Sheridan Square, 1983), Garland, Judy (Metropolitan Opera, 1959), GAY DIVORCE (Kaufman, 1987), THE GAZEBO (Lyceum, 1959), GHOSTS (Brooks Atkinson, 1982), GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (John Golden, 1984), GODSPELL (1971), Goldberg, Whoopi (Lyceum, 1984), GOLDEN RAINBOW (Shubert, 1968), GOLDILOCKS (Lunt-Fontanne, 1958), GOOD (Booth, 1982), THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN (Lincoln Center, 1970), GOTTA GETAWAY! (Radio City, undated).

box 70, folder 4

Graham, Martha - Guys and Dolls 1952-1992

Scope and Contents

Graham, Martha (Juilliard, 1952; 54th St., 1960), GRAND HOTEL (Martin Beck, 1989), Grand Kabuki (City Center, 1960), Grand Music Hall of Israel (Palace, 1968), GREASE (Broadhurst, 1972), GREATER TUNA (Circle in the Square, 1983), Greco, Jose (The Playhouse, 1957), Grenfell, Joyce (Bijou, 1955), GUYS AND DOLLS (City Center, 1966; Martin Beck, 1992).

box 70, folder 5

Hamlet - Here's Where I Belong 1950-1989

Scope and Contents

HAMLET (Public, 1968), HANNAH SENESH (Cherry Lane, 1985), THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (Martin Beck, 1961), THE HAPPY TIME (Plymouth, 1950), Harkness Ballet (The Music Box, 1969), HAY FEVER (The Music Box, 1986), HAZEL FLAGG (Mark Hellinger, 1953), HEDDA GABLER (4th St., 1961), THE HEIDI CHRONICLES (Plymouth, 1989), HELLO, DOLLY! (St. James, 1964, 1970), HERE'S WHERE I BELONG (Billy Rose, 1968).

box 71, folder 1

High Society - Hutton, Betty 1953-1998

Scope and Contents

HIGH SOCIETY (St. James, 1998), A HOLE IN THE HEAD (Plymouth, 1957), HOME FRONT (Royale, 1984), HONKY TONK NIGHTS (Biltmore, 1986), THE HOTHOUSE (Playhouse, 1982), THE HOUSE OF ATREUS (Billy Rose, 1968), HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES (Royale, 1971), HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (City Center, 1966), HURLYBURLY (Ethel Barrymore, 1984), Hutton, Betty (RKO Palace, 1953).

box 71, folder 2

I Can Get It for You Wholesale - Into the Woods 1956-1998

Scope and Contents

I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE (Shubert, 1962), I HATE HAMLET (Walter Kerr, 1991), I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE (Westside, 1998), I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES (Eugene O'Neill, 1980), THE ICEMAN COMETH (Circle in the Square, 1956), I'M NOT RAPPAPORT (Booth, 1986), I'M SOLOMON (Mark Hellinger, 1968), IN TROUSERS (Promenade, 1985), INTO THE LIGHT (Neil Simon, 1986), INTO THE WOODS (Martin Beck, 1988).

box 71, folder 3

Jackie Mason's The World According to Me! - Jimmy Shine 1958-1997

Scope and Contents

JACKIE MASON'S THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ME! (Brooks Atkinson, 1988), JEKYLL & HYDE (Plymouth, 1997), JELLY'S LAST JAM (Virginia, 1992), JEROME ROBBINS' BALLETS: USA (Alvin, 1958), JEROME ROBBINS' BROADWAY (Imperial, 1989), JIMMY (Forrest, 1969), JIMMY SHINE (Brooks Atkinson, 1969).

box 71, folder 4

The Joffrey Ballet - Kiss Me Kate 1953-2000

Scope and Contents

The Joffrey Ballet (1966, 1968-1970, 1985), JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Entermedia, 1981), JUST SO (Jack Lawrence, 1985), THE KATHY & MO SHOW - DON'T TELL MAMA (undated), Kaye, Danny (RKO Palace, 1953; Ziegfeld, 1963), THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE (Roundabout, 1984), KIPLING (Royale, 1984), KISMET (Lincoln Center, 1965), KISS ME, KATE (Martin Beck, 2000).

box 71, folder 5

La Boheme - Les Nuits de la Colere 1952-1997

Scope and Contents

LA BOHEME (Metropolitan Opera, 1958), LA STRADA (Lunt-Fontanne, 1969), LARGELY NEW YORK (St. James, 1989), THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO (Helen Hayes, 1997), LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Metropolitan Opera, 1962), LEMON SKY (Playhouse, 1970), LEND ME A TENOR (Royale, 1989), LENNON (Entermedia, 1982) LEONARD SILLMAN'S NEW FACES OF 1952 (Royale, 1952), LEONARD SILLMAN'S NEW FACES OF '56 (Ethel Barrymore, 1956), Les Ballets Africains (Lunt-Fontanne, 1959), Les Ballets de Paris (Winter Garden, 1949; Broadway, 1954), LES NUITS DE LA COLERE (Winter Garden, 1957).

box 72, folder 1

Let It Ride! - London Assurance 1961-1997

Scope and Contents

LET IT RIDE! (Eugene O'Neill, 1961), LETTICE & LOVAGE (Ethel Barrymore, 1990), LIES AND LEGENDS: THE MUSICAL STORIES OF HARRY CHAPIN (Village Gate, 1985), THE LIFE (Ethel Barrymore, 1997), THE LION KING (New Amsterdam, 1997), LITTLE ME (Lunt-Fontanne, 1963; Eugene O'Neill, 1981), LONDON ASSURANCE (Criterion, 1997).

box 72, folder 2

Long Day's Journey into Night - Manilow, Barry 1953-1988

Scope and Contents

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Helen Hayes, 1957; Broadhurst, 1986), LOOK BACK IN ANGER (John Golden, 1958), Lublin Polish Folk Festival (Lincoln Center, 1981), M. BUTTERFLY (Eugene O'Neill, 1988), MAGGIE (National, 1953), MAGRITTE, MAGRITTE (Lyric, 1970), MAME (Broadway, 1969; Gershwin, 1987), THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH (Royale, 1969), Manilow, Barry (Uris, 1983).

box 72, folder 3

Marceau, Marcel - Meet Me in St. Louis 1956-1999

Scope and Contents

Marceau, Marcel (City Center, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1970), MARLENE (Cort, 1999), THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO (Public, 1985), MARRIED ALIVE (Shubert, 1967), MASTER CLASS (Golden, 1997), MASTERGATE (Criterion, 1989), MAZOWSZE (City Center, 1961), ME AND MY GIRL (Marquis, 1986), THE ME NOBODY KNOWS (Orpheum, 1970; Helen Hayes, 1971), MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Gershwin, 1989).

box 72, folder 4

The Misanthrope - New Dance Group 1954-1998

Scope and Contents

THE MISANTHROPE (Lyceum, 1969; Circle in the Square, 1983), MR. JELLY LORD (1985); Moiseyev Dance Company (Metropolitan Opera, 1970), A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN (Circle in the Square, 1968; Cort, 1984), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Gershwin, 1984), MUMMENSCHANZ (Helen Hayes, 1986), THE MUSIC MAN (Majestic, 1957, 1960; Neil Simon, 2000), MUSICALS IN MUFTI (York Theatre Company, 1998), MY OLD FRIENDS (American Jewish Theatre, 1984), National Ballet (City Center, 1967) , New Dance Group (Kaufmann, 1954).

box 73, folder 1-2

New York City Ballet 1950-2000

box 73, folder 3

Night Life - The Owl and the Pussycat 1959-1987

Scope and Contents

NIGHT LIFE (Brooks Atkinson, 1962), Nikolais Dance Theatre (City Center, 1982), NON PASQUALE (Public, 1983), NOT NOW, DARLING (Brooks Atkinson, 1970), NUNSENSE (Douglas Fairbanks, 1986), THE ODD COUPLE (Eugene O'Neill, 1966), OH DAD, POOR DAD, MAMA'S HUNG YOU IN THE CLOSET AND I'M FEELING SO SAD (Phoenix, undated), OKLAHOMA! (City Center, 1963), ON THE VERGE (John Houseman, 1987), ONCE OVER LIGHTLY (Barbizon-Plaza, undated), ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (Phoenix, 1959), ONE MAN BAND (South Street, 1985), ORLANDO FURIOSO (undated); THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT (ANTA, 1965).

box 73, folder 4

Pal Joey - Pilobolus 1951-1988

Scope and Contents

PAL JOEY (Broadhurst, 1952; City Center, 1961), PALACE TWO-A-DAY (RKO Palace, 1951, 1952), PANTAGLEIZE (APA-Phoenix, 1967), PARADISE! (Playwrights Horizons, 1985), PASSION (Plymouth, 1994), PENN & TELLER (Westside Arts, 1985), PEER GYNT (Public, 1969), Peking Opera (Lincoln Center, 1980), PETER PAN (Imperial, 1950), PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Majestic, 1988), Pilobolus (ANTA, 1981; Joyce, 1985).

box 74, folder 1

Play Memory - Purlie Victorious 1959-2001

Scope and Contents

PLAY MEMORY (Longacre, 1984), PLAY ON (Brooks Atkinson, 1997), PLENTY (Public, 1982; Plymouth, 1983), Polish Mime Theatre (City Center, 1965), Polish State Folk Ballet (City Center, 1959), POWER PLAYS (Promenade, 1998), PRESENT LAUGHTER (Circle in the Square, 1982; Walter Kerr, 1997), PRIVATES ON PARADE (Roundabout, 1989), THE PRODUCERS (St. James, 2001), PURLIE VICTORIOUS (Cort, 1961).

box 74, folder 2

Redhead - Rumors 1956-1998

Scope and Contents

REDHEAD (46th St., 1959), THE REGARD OF FLIGHT (American Place, 1982), Reinking, Ann (Joyce, 1984), REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT (Martin Beck, 1985), RHINOCEROS (Longacre, 1961), ROMANCE ROMANCE (Helen Hayes, 1988), ROOM SERVICE (Roundabout, 1985), THE ROPE DANCERS (Henry Miller, 1958), The Royal Ballet (Metropolitan Opera, 1957, 1960), Royal Danish Ballet (Metropolitan Opera, 1956; Lincoln Center, 1982), RUMORS (Broadhurst, 1989).

box 74, folder 3

Sadler's Wells Ballet - 70, Girls, 70 1953-1998

Scope and Contents

Sadler's Wells Ballet (Metropolitan Opera, 1953), SAINT JOAN (Phoenix, 1956), SALLY MARR… AND HER ESCORTS (Helen Hayes, 1994), San Francisco Ballet (Lincoln Center, 1965), SARAFINA! (Cort, 1988), SARATOGA (Winter Garden, 1960), THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (Minskoff,1998), SCUBA DUBA (New Theatre, 1967), THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE (Plymouth, 1985), SEPARATE TABLES (The Music Box, 1957), SERJEANT MUSGRAVE'S DANCE (Theatre de Lys, 1966), SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (Alvin, 1982), THE SEVEN DESCENTS OF MYRTLE (Ethel Barrymore, 1968), 70, GIRLS, 70 (Broadhurst, 1971).

box 74, folder 4

Shades of Harlem - Sophisticated Ladies 1952-1997

Scope and Contents

SHADES OF HARLEM (Village Gate, 1985), Shankar, Uday (City Center, 1962), SHE LOVES ME (Brooks Atkinson, 1994), SHERRY! (Alvin, 1967), SHIRLEY VALENTINE (Booth, 1989), SHOW BOAT (Gershwin, 1983), THE SHOW-OFF (Lyceum, 1968), SIDE SHOW (Richard Rodgers, 1997), SIMPLY HEAVENLY (Playhouse, 1957), SLAB BOYS (Playhouse, 1983), Slavenska-Franklin Ballet (New Century, 1952), SMILE (Lunt-Fontanne, 1986), SMOKEY JOE'S CAFÉ (Virginia, 1997), SNOOPY (Lambs, 1983), SONG OF THE LUSITANIAN BOGEY (St. Marks, undated), SOPHISTICATED LADIES (Lunt-Fontanne, 1981).

box 75, folder 1

Spookhouse - The Stuttgart Ballet 1963-2001

Scope and Contents

SPOOKHOUSE (Playhouse 91, 1984), STAGGERLEE (Second Avenue, 1987), STEAMING (Brooks Atkinson, 1983), STEEL PIER (Richard Rodgers, 1997). STEPPING OUT (John Golden, 1986), STONES IN HIS POCKETS (Golden, 2001), STRANGE INTERLUDE (Hudson, 1963), The Stuttgart Ballet (Metropolitan Opera, 1969, 1971).

box 75, folder 2

Sugar Babies - Swing 1958-2000

Scope and Contents

SUGAR BABIES (Mark Hellinger, 1982), SUMMERTREE (Lincoln Center, 1968), SURF CITY (Entermedia, 1985), SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO (Cort, 1958), SWAN LAKE (Neil Simon, 1998), SWEENEY TODD (Circle in the Square, 1989), SWEET CHARITY (Palace, 1966), SWING (St. James, 2000).

box 75, folder 3

Taking My Turn - Twelfth Night 1952-1997

Scope and Contents

TAKING MY TURN (Entermedia, 1983), TANGO ARGENTINA (Mark Hellinger, 1986), TAPPIN' OUT (BAM, 1981) TARTUFFE (ANTA Washington Square, 1965), Taylor, Paul (City Center, 1985), TCHIN-TCHIN (Plymouth, 1963), THE TEMPEST (Public, 1962), THREEPENNY OPERA [Blitzstein adaptation] (Theater de Lys, 1954), A THURBER CARNIVAL (ANTA, 1960), TITANIC (Lunt-Fontanne, 1997), TOMMY (City Center, 1971), TOP BANANA (Winter Garden, 1952), THE TUNNEL OF LOVE (Royale, 1957), TWELFTH NIGHT (Broadway, 1958; Public, 1969).

box 75, folder 4

The Unknown Soldier and His Wife - The Visit 1958-1997

Scope and Contents

THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE (Lincoln Center, 1967), THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (Winter Garden, 1961), UP AGAINST IT (Public, 1989), UPTOWN…IT'S HOT! (Lunt-Fontanne, 1986), VICTOR VICTORIA (Marquis, 1997), A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (Ambassador, 1983), THE VISIT (Lunt-Fontanne, 1958).

box 75, folder 5

Weidman, Charles - Zizi 1953-2000

Scope and Contents

Weidman, Charles (Kaufmann, 1954), WEST SIDE STORY (Minskoff, 1980), WEST SIDE WALTZ (Ethel Barrymore, 1982), WHERE'S CHARLEY? (City Center, 1966), WHOOP-UP (Sam S. Shubert, 1959), THE WILD PARTY (Virginia, 2000), WILLIAMS AND WALKER (American Place, 1986), WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Nederlander, 1985), A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS (Biltmore, 1984), WONDERFUL TOWN (Winter Garden, 1953), YOUR ARMS TOO SHORT TO BOX WITH GOD (Alvin, 1982), YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN (Theatre 80 St Marks, 1967), ZIZI (Broadway, 1964).

Los Angeles 1960-2001

box 76, folder 1

After-Play - Avner the Eccentric 1974-1998

Scope and Contents

AFTER-PLAY (Canon, 1998), AGAINST THE RISING SEA (Celebration, undated), AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (Aquarius, 1980), ALUMNAE NEWS (THE DORIS DAY YEARS) (Celebration, 1987), American Ballet Theatre (Dorothy Chandler, 1974, 1976, 1981), ANNIE (Shubert, 1978), APPEARING NITELY (Huntington Hartford, 1977), ASPIRING & ELEPHANTS (Santa Monica Playhouse, undated), AVNER THE ECCENTRIC (Pepperdine, undated).

box 76, folder 2

Ballroom to Broadway - Driving Miss Daisy 1976-2001

Scope and Content

BALLROOM TO BROADWAY (Pepperdine, 1988), THE BELLE OF AMHERST (Huntington Hartford, 1976), THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (Pantages, 1980), Borge, Victor (Huntington Hartford, 1978),CANTON JAZZ CLUB (East West Players, 1991), THE CARBONELL SISTERS FROM HAVANA (Chapel Court, 1992), A CHORUS LINE (Shubert, 1976), Christmas Music Program (Dorothy Chandler, 1977), CLOWNS AND OTHER FOOLS (Caltech, 1977), THE CLUB (Huntongton Hartford, 1990), CLUB OF HEARTS (La Mirada, 1992), THE COMICAL, TRAGICAL, HISTORICAL OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Loyola Marymount, 1988), Dame Edna (Shubert, 2001), DEATHTRAP (Huntington Hartford, 1979), DEFILED (Geffen, 2000), Diller, Phyllis (El Camino College, 1984), DREAMGIRLS (Shubert, 1983), DRIVING MISS DAISY (Henry Fonda, 1989).

box 76, folder 3

8x10 Glossy - The Grand Kabuki 1972-1993

Scope and Contents

8x10 GLOSSY (Celebration, 1986), EUBIE! (Huntington Hartford, 1979), FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN (Santa Monica Playhouse, undated), FAMILY SECRETS (Heliotrope, undated), Feld, Eliot (Shubert, 1978), FOLLIES (Shubert, 1972), FOR COLORED GIRLS... (Huntington Hartford, 1978), FOREVER PLAID (Pasadena Playhouse, 1979), Frankfurt Ballet (Wiltern, 1989), FREUD (Loyola Marymount, 1988), FUNNY FEET AND RUBBER LEGS (Alex, 1996), THE GENTLEMAN COLE (California Lutheran University, undated), GOOD EVENING (Shubert, 1975), FLAMENCO PURO (Pantages, 1987), Georgian State Dance Company (Pantages, 1988), THE GIN GAME (Huntington Hartford, 1979), The Grand Kabuki (Japan America, 1993).

box 76, folder 4

Harkness Ballet - Joy Ride 1972-1999

Scope and Contents

Harkness Ballet (El Camino College, 1972), Harris, Richard (Huntington Hartford, 1972), THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER (Pepperdine, undated), IT'S MAGIC (1973, 1984), HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH! (1997), HOLD ME! (Westwood Playhouse, undated), HUGHIE (Westwood Playhouse, 1975), IF YOU EVER LEAVE ME... I'M GOING WITH YOU! (Canon, 1999), I'M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD (Huntingtoon Hartford, 1981), IN THE WORDS OF NOEL COWARD (Melrose, 1977), INTIMACIES/MORE INTIMACIES (Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1990), Jazz Tap Ensemble (Morgan-Wixson, 1989), JELLY ROLL! (Pepperdine, 1996), JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE (Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1989), The Joffrey Ballet (Dorothy Chandler, 1985, 1990), JOY RIDE (Westwood Playhouse, 1994).

box 76, folder 5

Killjoy - My Fair Lady 1971-2001

Scope and Contents

KILLJOY (Santa Monica Playhouse, undated), KISMET (Pasadena Civic, 1988), LADY-LIKE (MGR Productions, undated), LAST SUMMER AT BLUEFISH COVE (Fountain, undated), A LATE SNOW (On the Fringe, undated), Les Ballets Africains (Greek, !970), Los Angeles Ballet (Huntington Hartford, 1975), Los Angeles Chamber Ballet (Japan America, 1989), MAMMA MIA! (Shubert, 2001), ME AND MY GIRL (Dorothy Chandler, undated), Met My Match (Theatre of Arts, 1987), MONSOON CHRISTMAS (An Actors' Theatre, 1988), MORT SAHL'S AMERICA (Tiffany, 1996), MOUSE SOUP (Celebration, 1987), Moscow Ballet (Pasadena Civic, 1987), MOTHER EARTH (Huntington Hartford, 1971), MY BLUE HEAVEN (Celebration, 1990), MY FAIR LADY (Pantages, 1981).

box 77, folder 1

The Nutcracker - Queen of the Stardust Ballroom 1972-1994

Scope and Contents

THE NUTCRACKER (Wilshire Ebell, 1975), THE ODD COUPLE (Shubert, 1975), THE ODYSSEY OF RUNYON JONES (Valley Music, undated), THE OLDEST LIVING GRADUATE (Wilshire, undated), ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Huntington Hartford, 1974), ON BORROWED TIME (Pasadena Playhouse, 1992), THE ONLY THING WORSE YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME... (Geo, 1994), OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY (Westwood Playhouse, undated), PANGAEAN DREAMS (Santa Monica Museum of Art, 1990), PAUL ROBESON (Westwood Playhouse, undated), PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Music Center, 1993), THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (Huntington Hartford, 1972), PROMISES, PROMISES (Santa Monica College, 1979), PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (Celebration, undated), QUEEN OF THE STARDUST BALLROOM (Long Beach Civic Light Opera, undated).

box 77, folder 2

The Ragtime Years - Sweet Sufferings 1972-1996

Scope and Contents

THE RAGTIME YEARS (UCLA, 1975), RICHARD III (Gascon Center, 1996), A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN (Westwood Playhouse, undated), THE ROYAL FAMILY (Huntington Hartford, 1977), The Royal Swedish Ballet (Shrine, 1974), SAMMY CAHN - WORDS AND MUSIC (Huntington Hartford, 1976), THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE (Wilshire, 1990), THE 2ND GREATEST ENTERTAINER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD (Solari, undated), SHE LOVES ME (Ahmanson, 1987), A SHOWCASE FOR SKATERS (Los Angeles Figure Skating Club, 1974), SLY FOX (Shubert, 1978), SNOW WHITE GOES WEST (Mark Taper, 1972), STARDUST (Wilshire, 1992), STARS OF THE BOLSHOI BALLET (Shrine, 1974), STREAMERS (Westwood Playhouse, undated), SWEET SUFFERINGS (Celebration, undated).

box 77, folder 3

Tchaikovsky - You Never Know 1960-2001

Scope and Contents

TCHAIKOVSKY (Santa Monica College, 1991), THIS CHILD'S FAMILY (Celebration, 1989), THIS LITTLE LIGHT (Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1994), THE THREE SISTERS (UCLA, 1960), 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE (UCLA, 1963), TRIBUTE (Huntington Hartford, 1979), TRICKS OF THE TRADE (Huntington Hartford, 1980), TROLLS (Coast Playhouse, 2001), TUNA CHRISTMAS (Pasadena Playhouse, 1993), THE UNEXPECTED MAN (Geffen Playhouse, 2001), VANITIES (Westwood Playhouse, undated), VINTAGE '60 (ivar, 1960), WAIT FOR THE BEEP (Fifth Estate, undated), WAITING FOR PHIL (Burbage, 1991), WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS (Huntington Hartford, undated), THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Santa Monica College, 1992), THE WELL OF HORNINESS (Celebration, undated), West Coast Dance Theatre (USC, 1988), WHEN YOU COMIN BACK, RED RYDER? (Westwood Playhouse, undated), Williamson, Nicol (Hollywood Playhouse, undated), Workshop Concert (Academy West, undated), YOU NEVER KNOW (Pasadena Playhouse, 1991).

London 1956-1990

box 77, folder 4

Beethoven's Tenth - Oliver! 1956 - 1990

Scope and Contents

BEETHOVEN'S TENTH (Vaudeville, 1983), CAN'T PAY? WON'Y PAY! (Criterion, 1983), FIELDING'S MUSIC HALL (Prince Charles, 1964), FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE (Lyric, 1990), FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY (Apollo, 1956), 42nd STREET (Drury Lane, 1987), Marceau, Marcel (Adelphi, 1964), MARILYN (Adelphi, 1983), MISS SAIGON (Drury Lane, undated), NO SEX PLEASE--WE'RE BRITISH (Garrick, 1983), OLIVER! (New Theatre, 1960).

box 77, folder 5

Past Imperfect - The World of Kurt Weill in Song 1957-1987

Scope and Contents

PAST IMPERFECT (St. Martins, 1964), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Her Majesty's, 1987), POOR BITOS (Duke of York's, undated), THE RELUCTANT PEER (Duchess, undated), RICHARD III (The Old Vic, 1957), THE RIGHT HONORABLE GENTLEMAN (Her Majesty's, 1964), ROMANTIC COMEDY (Apollo, 1983), ROUNDABOUT PICCADILLY (Prince of Wales, undated), SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Palladium, 1983), SONG AND DANCE (Palace, 1983), WAIT A MINIM! (Fortune, 1964), THE WINGS OF THE DOVE (Royal Haymarket, 1964), THE WORLD OF KURT WEILL IN SONG (Vaudeville, undated)

box 78

Unsorted programs 1952-2000

Scope and Content

Contains programs from a a variety of locales, including Connecticut, Long Island, Philadelphia, New Jersey, San Diego, and San Francisco.