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Eric Colleary

Grappling with the past: On exhibiting minstrelsy materials

January 29, 2018 - Eric Colleary

The decision to include collection material depicting blackface minstrelsy in our exhibition on vaudeville is a decision we do not take lightly. Minstrelsy is part of the history of American performance and vaudeville. We have a responsibility not to hide this troubling history, but also to display it in such a way that it is clear that we are not celebrating it.  [Read more…] about Grappling with the past: On exhibiting minstrelsy materials

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Eric Colleary, vaudeville

Exhibition shares the story of vaudeville

January 29, 2018 - Suzanne Krause

Above: Unidentified photographer, [Adele and Fred Astaire], ca. 1914. Gelatin silver print, 21.8 x 19.8 cm. Dance Collection, Harry Ransom Center.

The Harry Ransom Center draws on its extensive performing arts holdings to tell the story of one of American theatre’s most popular forms of entertainment in the exhibition Vaudeville! [Read more…] about Exhibition shares the story of vaudeville

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Eric Colleary, Harry Houdini, vaudeville

Arthur Miller at the center of a network of Ransom Center collections

January 9, 2018 - Megan Barnard

By Megan Barnard and Eric Colleary

Arthur Miller has long had a significant presence at the Ransom Center. In 1961 and 1962, Miller donated a collection of his manuscripts to the Center. [Read more…] about Arthur Miller at the center of a network of Ransom Center collections

Filed Under: Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Arthur Miller, Eric Colleary, PEN, Stella Adler, Tennessee Williams

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