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Additional authors

1. Wilk, Max
2. Wilk, Max

Description

1. 1 audio disc (65:40) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

1. Author Max Wilk talks with legendary Broadway choreographer/director Agnes de Mille about her experiences in the original Broadway production of "Oklahoma!": her repartee with her dancers, Bambi Linn, Joan McCracken and Kate Friedlich, her antagonistic relationship with director Rouben Mamoulian, her eventual founding and becoming the first president of the union [Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers in 1965] because she received no royalties or residuals from "Oklahoma!", her books, and her thought-provoking observations on the personalities of Dick Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, and their wives. De Mille also talks about her work with other R&H shows: "Carousel" (choreographer) and "Allegro" (choreographer/director), and her own opinions of the experiences. De Mille mentions the brilliant music orchestra arrangements of Trude Rittman ("Carousel", "Sound of music", etc.), but Rittman was unmentioned for years since she was a woman. Wilk and De Mille finish the interview by talking about Celeste Holm ("Ado Annie") and Joan Roberts ("Laurey").

Alternative title

1. Oklahoma! interview recordings.

Subject

1. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
2. Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012
3. Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992
4. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
5. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 > Allegro
6. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 > Carousel
7. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 > Sound of music
8. Choreography
9. De Mille, Agnes > Interviews
10. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 > Oklahoma!
11. Roberts, Joan, 1917-2012
12. McCracken, Joan
13. Lynn, Bambi
14. Rittman, Trude
15. Musicals
16. Mamoulian, Rouben
17. Hammerstein, Dorothy Blanchard
18. Friedlich, Kate

Call number

1. *LDC 52500

Note

1. Title derived by cataloger from the original information provided on cassette.
2. "IDs are inserted every 5 minutes"--CD container.
3. Transcript of the interview available upon request; it was not prepared by the library. Please note there may be spelling errors and/or edits in the material.
4. Part of the series of interviews for Max Wilk's book "OK! : The story of Oklahoma".

Access (note)

1. Access to original item restricted.

Source (note)

1. Max Wilk;

Author

1. De Mille, Agnes, interviewee.

Title

1. Agnes de Mille interview about the Broadway production of "Oklahoma!" and her adventures in choreography and directing.

Production

1. 1990.

Playing time

1. 010540

Type of content

1. spoken word
2. text

Type of medium

1. audio
2. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. audio disc
2. volume

Performer

1. Max Wilk, interviewer ; Agnes de Mille, interviewee.

Event

1. Recorded live 1990 March 16 New York, N. Y.

Access

1. Access to original item restricted.

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) available in *LTC 4261.

Local note

1. Preservation file: (2 sound files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltc4261_f01_em.WAV (tracks 1-9) and myh_ltc4261_f02_em.WAV (tracks 10-14)].

Source

1. Gift; Max Wilk; *L(Special) 94-26; 1994.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Wilk, Max, interviewer.
2. Wilk, Max. OK!: the story of Oklahoma!
3. Wilk, Max, donor.

Added title

1. Oklahoma! interview recordings.

Research call number

1. *LDC 52500
2. *LTC 4261