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La Mama : a theatrical tapestry / writers, Lis Draggin ... [and others] ; producer, Anita Saewitz ; director, Robert McCarty.
LIBRA VHS PN2295.M36 M36 1989
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stewart, Ellen, 1919-2011.
- Stewart, Ellen.
- La Mama Experimental Theatre Club--History.
- La Mama Experimental Theatre Club.
- Off Off-Broadway theater.
- Experimental theater--New York (State)--New York.
- Experimental theater.
- History.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Mama a theatrical tapestry
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : [A. Saewitz], [1989?]
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Under the guidance of founder Ellen Stewart, La Mama has played a seminal part in fostering Off-Off- Broadway theatre, nuturing and encouraging such important Theatre artists as Tom O'Horgan, Lanford Wilson, Sam Shepard, Philip Glass, Joseph Chaiken, Andrei Serban and Liz Swados. The documentary features exerpts of some of the 18 plays which were revived at the theatre for its anniversary season.
- These distinguished works include Paul Foster's Hurrah for the Bridge and Leonard Melfi's Birdbath both directed by Tom O'Horgan; Jean Claude Van Italie's Motel directed by Michael Kahn; and Lanford Wilson's production of his own play Rimers of Eldritch. The interviews in the program include recollections by Ellen Stewart and La Mama alumni Paul Foster, Tom O'Horgan, Leonard Melfi, Lanford Wilson, Philip Glass, Joseph Chaiken, Harvey Fierstein and many others.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Jane Whitehill.
- Credits:
- Cameraman, Richard Francks ; editor, Kathy Schermerhorn ; music, Brent and Rhonda Mewborn.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 60396571
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