April 25, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Theatre + Performing ArtsBiographer B. Alexandra Szerlip on Norman Bel Geddes’s life and legacy Norman Bel Geddes was one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. An industrial designer, known best for his contribution to the Futurama exhibition at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Bel Geddes experimented with
April 21, 2017, Filed Under: Film, Theatre + Performing ArtsArchive acquired of theatre and film actor Peter O’Toole The Ransom Center has obtained the archive of British-Irish theatre and film actor Peter O’Toole (1932–2013).
March 27, 2017, Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsThe life of a dance costume, from the inside out A costume worn for the Ballets Russes’s production of Narcisse, currently on display in the exhibition Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, presents an intriguing glimpse into behind-the-scenes work at the dance company that electrified pre-World War I audiences in Europe and beyond.
