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Terrence McNally at 80

September 7, 2018 - Eric Colleary

errence McNally. Photo by Jason Zeren.

In partnership with ZACH Theatre, the Ransom Center presents a screening and conversation with playwright Terrence McNally on Sunday, November 11, at 2 p.m.

Terrence McNally is one of the most enduring and respected American playwrights, responsible for over 80 plays, musicals, and opera librettos over the past 50 years. [Read more…] about Terrence McNally at 80

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Broadway, terrence mcnally

New digital collection of The Black Crook musical released

September 8, 2016 - Eric Colleary

Cover of sheet music for "The Black Crook Waltzes,” 1867.

The Harry Ransom Center is proud to announce that our collection of materials relating to the 1866 megamusical The Black Crook has been fully digitized in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the production. The collection is now publicly available through our online Digital Collections gallery. [Read more…] about New digital collection of The Black Crook musical released

Filed Under: Digital Collections, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Abrons Art Center, Art, Broadway, culture, dance, Edwin Forrest, Eric Colleary, performing art, stage, The Black Crook, theater, theatre, William Charles Macready

Fellows Find: Lewis Allen, indie film pioneer

May 3, 2016 - Gracia Ramirez

Film still from "The Connection."

Gracia Ramirez is an independent scholar whose research centers on the initiatives of independent film producers within the American film industry of the 1960s. She conducted research in the collection of American independent film and Broadway producer Lewis M. Allen last summer with support from a 2014-2015 Robert De Niro Fellowship from the Ransom Center. Below, she recounts how Allen’s shrewd production management and on-set relationships brought highly successful art-house creations to life.  

[Read more…] about Fellows Find: Lewis Allen, indie film pioneer

Filed Under: Film, Research + Teaching Tagged With: Broadway, Fellowships, Lewis Allen

Un resultado positivo para un negativo en placa de vidrio

August 6, 2015 - Diana Diaz Canas

The glass plate negative of the Rialto Theater before treatment, broken into two pieces.

Antes de la invención de materiales plásticos, el vidrio y el papel eran los materiales principales para producir negativos en blanco y negro. Las placas de vidrio con emulsión de gelatina fueron producidas desde finales del siglo diecinueve (XIX) hasta mediados del siglo veinte (XX). La transparencia del vidrio facilitó [Read more…] about Un resultado positivo para un negativo en placa de vidrio

Filed Under: Conservation, Photography Tagged With: Albert Davis, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Broadway, broken glass, Conservation, fotografía, fragmentos, glass mending, glass plate negatives, New York City, NYPL, Performing Arts, photography. Conservación, Rialto Theatre, vidrio roto, White Studio

A positive outcome for a glass plate negative

August 6, 2015 - Diana Diaz Canas

Photograph of the Rialto Theatre in New York City, taken around 1920 by White Studio.

Before the invention of plastics, glass and paper were used to produce black and white photographic negatives. Glass plates with gelatin emulsion were produced from the late- nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth century. The transparency of glass made the plates very [Read more…] about A positive outcome for a glass plate negative

Filed Under: Conservation, Photography Tagged With: Albert Davis, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Broadway, broken glass, Conservation, glass mending, glass plate negatives, New York City, NYPL, Performing Arts, Photography, Rialto Theatre, White Studio

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