March 8 - April 28, 2012 Celebrating Our Legacy Oral History Photographic Exhibition

MARCH 8 - APRIL 28
The Plaza Corridor Gallery
The New York Public Library For The Performing Arts
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center


Check out Photos from the Opening Night Event


Betty Corwin

A central aspect of the 30th celebration focuses on the League's oral history legacy, which demonstrates an outstanding array of women who have contributed to contemporary American theatre.

Fortunately for the public, the Library for the Performing Arts Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) is the repository of this extensive documentation. The nearly one-hundred (100)  women appearing in this exhibition have participated in at least one of the components of the oral history program. They include:

*An ongoing series of individual oral histories, begun in 1992 in conjunction with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, videotaped before a live audience.

*WOMEN IN THEATRE - Interviews with Notable Women in American Theatre, a television series of 65 interviews, taped over five years (2003-07), and broadcast on City University Television, with copies distributed to the TOFT Archive. Currently, selected interviews are streamed on the League web site, www.theatrewomen.org.

 “Celebrating Our Legacy” is a culmination of the League of Professional Theatre Women's efforts to highlight the remarkable talents that theatre women across the country have contributed to American cultural life.  This is their celebration as well as ours -- a wonderful legacy for future generations.

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LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sunday CLOSED

Celebrating our Legacy was curated by Harriet Slaughter for the League of Professional Theatre Women with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: Jacqueline Z. Davis, Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director; Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Curator of Exhibitions; Patrick Hoffman, Director, Film on Tape Archive; Performing Arts Museum staff: Caitlin Mack, Designer and  Rhody Distaly, Video Editor.

This exhibition is made possible through the contributions of the Edith Meiser Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, Lucille Lortel Foundation, the Grisham Foundation, and the Amber Foundation.

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