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showing results    1 - 100 of 284 titles     on off  images   on off  sort by   title date  results per page         10  25  50  75  100  <  1  2  3  > Eileen Darby Photo Assignments 50 Years Empire Theatre - "Life With Father" January 25, 1943 Special showing of Life With Father, for the 50th Anniversary of the Empire Theatre. 10 images » A Connecticut Yankee circa 1943 A jive-talk, wartime update of the 1927 classic. Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Book by Herbert Fields and staged by John C. Wilson. Featuring dancer Vera-Ellen. The show was the last by Lorenz Hart, who was ejected for being drunk and disorderly from the opening night performance, dying a few weeks later from pneumonia. The production reprised the old standards, "My Heart Stood Still" and "Thou Swell", and introduced a new show-stopping number, "To Keep My Love Alive", which was added for Vivienne Segal, fresh from her Broadway run in the hit, Pal Joey. images available upon request A Flag Is Born circa 1946 Paul Muni, Celia Adler, and relative unknown Marlon Brando appear in this play about building a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Brando plays David, a concentration camp survivor. The play had a significant impact on American opinion of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. 9 images » A Highland Fling March 11, 1944 An 18th century gentry ghost (Ralph Forbes) in a Scottish castle seeks to free himself after 150 years by finding a sinner to reform to good in this George Abbott staged comedy that ran for 28 performances at the Plymouth Theatre. images available upon request A Kiss For Cinderella March 8, 1942 The revival of the 1916 play by James M. Barrie, best known for Peter Pan. Starring Luise Rainer, fresh from back-to-back Academy Award wins in 1936 and 1937. images available upon request A New Life September 13, 1943 Produced by The Playwrights' Company and written and staged by Elmer Rice. Nightclub singer Edith Charles (Betty Field) marries Captain Robert Cleghorne (George Lambert), scion to a wealthy Arizona family, after a short and wild romance. After Captain Cleghorne disappears at sea, Edith gives birth to his son at the exact moment of the Captain's unexpected return. A battle ensues between Edith and The Captain's family when they seek to remove the son back to Arizona for a privilaged upbringing, ultimately failing. The play was roundly panned by critics and went on to 70 performances. images available upon request A Streetcar Named Desire circa 1947 Original Broadway production written by Tennessee Williams, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Karl Malden and Kim Hunter. Scenery and Lightning by Jo Mielziner. Wilbur Theatre, Boston, November 1947. 17 images » A Streetcar Named Desire August 24, 1948 Anthony Quinn and Uta Hagen star in the Road Company version of this show. Tennessee Williams and Irene Selznick producers. Fantastic candids of everyone, as well as shots of the original one sheet and marquee on the Barrymore Theater. 14 images » A Streetcar Named Desire June 6, 1949 Featuring the cast from the road company, which starred Anthony Quinn and Uta Hagen. images available upon request Affairs Of State date unknown 1 images » Al Hirschfeld Christmas Card date unknown Eileen Darby rides atop Santa's bulging gift bag, camera in hand of course, in this whimsical personal christmas card created by Al Hirschfeld. 1 images » Alexander The Great date unknown images available upon request Alive And Kicking November 7, 1949 The rehearsal for Alive And Kicking, featuring Gwen Verdon, Jack Cole, Marie Groscup, Jean Harris, and Velerie Camille. 20 images » Alive And Kicking January 19, 1950 Posed images from Alive And Kicking, featuring Gwen Verdon, Jack Cole, Marie Groscup, Jean Harris, and Velerie Camille. 18 images » All My Sons circa 1947 Written by Arthur Miller, Directed by Elia Kazan, and starring Karl Malden. 14 images » Allah Be Praised February 13, 1944 Despite a cast headed by Broadway favorites Patricia Morison, Mary Jane Walsh, Jack Albertson, Joey Faye, and Sid Stone, and dances performed by Anita Alvarez, Milada Mladova and the Kraft Sisters staged by Jack Cole, this lumbering musical excursion to Teheran proved to be a humorless dud. 6 images » Allah Be Praised date unknown images available upon request Allah Be Praised date unknown images available upon request Allegro August 22, 1947 Images from the rehearsal for the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical Allegro. Agnes de Mille is shown directing and choreographing the dancers, and several excellent close-ups of Rodgers and Hammerstein are featured. 30 images » Allegro September 1947 The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical directed and choreographed by Agnes de Mille. An abstract concept, the musical portrayed the first 35 years of a man's life beginning with birth. The play was not considered a success at 315 performances, and has never seen a revival despite containing several well-regarded songs. 20 images » Allegro October 10, 1947 Images from the opening night of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical "Allegro", at the Majestic Theatre, New York. 4 images » American Fashion 1945 February 13, 1945 Several images from the Coty American Fashion Critics Awards in 1945. The "Winnie" awards, considered the Oscars of the fashion industry, went to designers Emily Wilkens, Gilbert Adrian, and Tina Leser. 16 images » American Theatre Wing Stage Door Canteen Opening March 2, 1942 images available upon request An Evening With Beatrice Lillie February 9, 1953 The Tony Award winning revue starring Bea Lillie and Reginald Gardiner, and featuring piano duo Eadie Griffith and Howard "Rack" Godwin (Eadie and Rack). 24 images » Anna Lucasta June 21, 1944 Successful American Negro Theatre production about a prostitute (Hilda Simms) who is redeemed by the unconditional love of her husband (Earle Hyman). The performances of the family members gained repeated praise from the critics, in particular Canada Lee, Rosetta LeNoire, Frederick O'Neal, and Alice Childress. Several cast members made notable achievements later in their careers, including O'Neal who became the first black president of the Actors' Equity Association, and Hyman who became very well known in the 1980's as Russell Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". images available upon request Anna Lucasta August 30, 1944 Successful American Negro Theatre production about a prostitute (Hilda Simms) who is redeemed by the unconditional love of her husband (Earle Hyman). The performances of the family members gained repeated praise from the critics, in particular Canada Lee, Rosetta LeNoire, Frederick O'Neal, and Alice Childress. Several cast members made notable achievements later in their careers, including O'Neal who became the first black president of the Actors' Equity Association, and Hyman who became very well known in the 1980's as Russell Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". images available upon request Anne of England September 27, 1941 Drama produced by Gilbert Miller that ran for only 7 performances with Flora Robson, Frederic Worlock, Leo G. Carroll and Jessica Tandy as Abigail Hill (afterwards Mrs. Masham) at the St. James Theatre. images available upon request Anne of The Thousand Days January 18, 1949 1 images » Annie Get Your Gun May 1946 Ethel Merman stars as Annie Oakley and Ray Middleton as Frank Butler in the Broadway classic with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Set Design by Jo Mielziner and Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. 18 images » Annie Get Your Gun date unknown Ethel Merman, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers are shown in these images from the rehearsal for Annie Get Your Gun. 6 images » Annie Get Your Gun date unknown Ethel Merman stars in the Irving Berlin musical about sharpshooter Annie Oakley, produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. 2 images » Annie Oakley Rehearsal date unknown 16 images » Another Part Of The Forest circa 1946 Starring Patricia Neal in her Tony award winning role (the 1st Tony Award for Supporting or Featured Actress in a play). She later went on to win an Academy Award in 1963 for her role in the movie "Hud" with Paul Newman. images available upon request Apology March 18, 1943 Produced and Directed by Lee Strasberg, the play ran for only 8 performances and tells the story of a man who chooses not to marry his childhood sweetheart, instead marrying another woman. images available upon request Arms And The Man March 28, 1946 images available upon request As You Like It December 20, 1949 Several images from the Shakespearian play directed by Micheal Benthall, including some of Katharine Hepburn as Rosalind and Ernest Thesiger as Jacques. At 145 performances it is the longest running Broadway version of As You Like It. "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." 17 images » Authors and Critics date unknown Including images of George S. Kaufman, Maxwell Anderson, Anita Loos, Lillian Helman, and Clare Booth Luce. images available upon request Ava Gardner August 13, 1956 images available upon request Banjo Eyes date unknown The rehearsal featuring Jacqueline Susann, author of "Valley of The Dolls", as a chorus girl. images available upon request Betsy Blair / Betsy Allen May 21, 1941 Betsy Blair was the wife of Gene Kelly. images available upon request Billion Dollar Baby December 27, 1945 "A Musical Play of the Terrific Twenties" starring Joan McCracken, Directed by George Abbott, and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. 1 images » Bloomer Girl circa 1944 Starring Celeste Holm as Evelina in her first star billing, and Joan McCracken as Daisy. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. The 1861-period musical comedy centers on the theme of woman's liberation, represented by the then-shocking leg-exposing fashion of the bloomer. At the Shubert Theatre on 44th street, New York. 23 images » Bloomer Girl circa 1944 The rehearsal for the show starring Celeste Holm as Evelina in her first star billing, and Joan McCracken as Daisy. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. The 1861-period musical comedy centers on the theme of woman's liberation, represented by the then-shocking leg-exposing fashion of the bloomer. 9 images » Bloomer Girl circa 1944 Starring Celeste Holm as Evelina in her first star billing, and Joan McCracken as Daisy. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. The 1861-period musical comedy centers on the theme of woman's liberation, represented by the then-shocking leg-exposing fashion of the bloomer. At the Shubert Theatre on 44th street, New York. 5 images » Born Yesterday December 1945 Images from the rehearsal of Born Yesterday, while Jean Arthur was still in the cast as Billie Dawn. Arthur was replaced just before the show opened by Judy Holliday, who was in turn made a star by the role. The show also starred Gary Merrill and Paul Douglas, and was directed by Garson Kanin. 19 images » Born Yesterday circa 1946 Images from the production of director and playwright Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday at the Lyceum Theatre, starring Judy Holliday, Gary Merrill, and Paul Douglas. 26 images » Boys and Girls Together March 21, 1941 A musical revue starring Ed Wynn with a score by Irving Kahal and Jack Yellen. images available upon request Cafe Society circa 1945 People who are in the social set that hang out in cafes, featuring Paula Laurence and Oscar Hammerstein II. 5 images » Call Me Madam September 8, 1950 The rehearsal for the Broadway hit comedy with dances by Jerome Robbins, Directed by George Abbott, and with music by Irving Berlin. The show starred Ethel Merman in the lead role of Ms. Sally Adams, the U.S. Ambassador to Lichtenburg, who upon her arrival immediately falls for Lichtenburger Cosmo Constantine. The show was later made into a film, also starring Ethel Merman. 16 images » Can-Can May 28, 1953 Starring Lilo and Peter Cookson. Gwen Verdon, protege of famed jazz choreographer Jack Cole, became well known through this show. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. 6 images » Candle In The Wind September 13, 1941 Chosen as one of the 10 best plays of the 1941-1942 season, starring Helen Hayes, staged by Alfred Lunt, and featuring Evelyn Varden and Lotte Lenya. images available upon request Carmen Amaya January 20, 1941 famous Spanish dancer Carmen Amaya. images available upon request Carmen Jones December 2, 1943 George Bizet's opera Carmen reset in a parachute factory in the wartime South. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and produced by Billy Rose. These images are from the opening night performance. images available upon request Carousel March 17, 1945 New Haven rehearsal photographs of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical adaptation of "Liliom", by the famed Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar. Starring John Raitt and Jan Clayton, choreographed by Agnes de Mille, and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, with settings by Jo Mielziner and costumes by Miles White. images available upon request Carousel March 21, 1945 New Haven rehearsal photographs of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical adaptation of "Liliom", by the famed Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar. Starring John Raitt and Jan Clayton, choreographed by Agnes de Mille, and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, with settings by Jo Mielziner and costumes by Miles White. 13 images » Carousel date unknown 2 images » Cass Daley date unknown images available upon request Cat On A Hot Tin Roof April 9, 1956 Thomas Gomez in a series of photographs. 4 images » Catherine Was Great July 18, 1944 In an elaborate Mike Todd production, Mae West as empress Catherine The Great seduces all the men in her court except for Ray Bourbon, who plays a fay dress designer. She saves all of Russia, but not her reputation as a playwright in this ill-conceived muddle. 1 images » Central Park August 11, 1946 A series of personal photographs taken in Central Park in 1946, including some nice views of the New York skyline and the gorillas in the zoo. 4 images » Charles Trenet date unknown images available upon request Chauve-Souris July 20, 1943 A Russian musical revue that was a sensation on Broadway in several incarnations throughout the 1920's as staged by it's master of ceremonies, Nikita Balieff. This short lived revival was mounted by arrangement with his widow. The show featured colorful Russian costumes, settings, dance, acrobatics, and song and was a wonderful spectacle. The performance featured Dania Krupska, who later became an assistant to Agnes de Mille and an accomplished choreographer. images available upon request Children's Hour December 5, 1952 The Lillian Hellman play featuring Kim Hunter, Patricia Neal, Katherine Emmett, and Iris Mann. The story revolves around an attraction between two school headmistress women, the children who vilify them, and ultimately a tragic suicide. 1 images » Claudia date unknown images available upon request Cole Porter January 10, 1949 Cole Porter shown in his study working on the score for the musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate. 5 images » Counsellor-at-Law November 20, 1942 A successful revival of one of Elmer Rice's most popular plays about an attorney who prefers the warmth of his secretary to the cold indifference of his wife. Paul Muni recreates his original role from the 1931 production. images available upon request Counterattack January 23, 1943 Featuring Morris Carnovsky and Sam Wanamaker as Red soldiers interrogating seven German soldiers (Karl Malden) during the siege of a small town on the Eastern front. The play ran for 85 performances. images available upon request Cyrano De Bergerac October 28, 1946 Starring Jose Ferrar as Cyrano De Bergerac as an unattractive master wordsmith wooing the woman he loves on behalf of his more conventionally handsome but ignorant friend with whom she is in love. Ferrar is shown in a series of images applying his fantastic nose prosthetic makeup. 7 images » Dancing In The Streets March 12, 1943 Mary Martin's first starring role in a Broadway play, that never made it to Broadway. The play closed in Boston. images available upon request Dark Eyes December 16, 1942 Three destitute Russian actresses in New York write a bad check and hope to be rescued by accepting an invitation to a Long Island estate. Writer/actresses Elena Miramova and Eugenie Leontovich are joined by Ludmilla Toretzka to complete the madcap trio that finds rescue in finance and romance in this popular farce directed by Jed Harris. The show ran for 230 performances. images available upon request Death of a Salesman January 24, 1949 The timeless Arthur Miller classic, directed by Elia Kazan, follows the desperate last days of salesman Willy Loman (Lee J. Cobb) as he deteriorates into a madness driven by the failure of his life. The story questions the honesty of the American Dream ideal and the worth of money and perceived success at the expense of family and emotional well-being. 31 images » Deep Are The Roots circa 1945 Directed by Elia Kazan, starring a young 23 year old Barbera Bel Geddes in her debut, and Gordon Heath as Brett Charles. The show follows an heroic Negro soldier returning to his hometown in the deep south, only to face racial discrimination. 3 images » Desk Set October 30, 1955 images available upon request Dr. Martha May Eliot circa 1945 Dr. Martha May Eliot (April 7, 1891-February 14, 1978), a pioneer in maternal and child health, is seen in a sequence of photos as she cares for a child in a children's clinic in 1945. 3 images » Duchess Of Malfi October 1946 starring Canada Lee in white face makeup - the first African-American to play a white man on Broadway. images available upon request Dunnigan's Daughters date unknown staged by Elia Kazan. images available upon request Early To Bed May 6, 1943 Written by George Marion, Jr., with music by Thomas "Fats" Waller. Musical comedy mixups at a Martinique bordello run by Madame Rowena (Muriel Angelus) and her gaggle of guests. The show was a hit, with a lot of the music also featured in Ain't Misbehavin' in 1978 as a retrospective of the life of "Fats" Waller. images available upon request Early To Bed May 22, 1943 Written by George Marion, Jr., with music by Thomas "Fats" Waller. Musical comedy mixups at a Martinique bordello run by Madame Rowena (Muriel Angelus) and her gaggle of guests. The show was a hit, with a lot of the music also featured in Ain't Misbehavin' in 1978 as a retrospective of the life of "Fats" Waller. images available upon request Edith Piaf and Company date unknown 9 images » Eileen Darby date unknown A photo essay "day in the life" of Eileen Darby as she works photographing the stage production of Inside U.S.A, and later fixes a chair, relaxes at home, and meets friends Paula Laurence and Joan McCracken at a cafe in New York City. 14 images » Eisenhower Day June 19, 1945 A ticker tape parade in honor of Eisenhower. Also images from Eisenhower leaving a rained out Yankee's game with New York Mayor LaGuardia. images available upon request Ethel Barrymore date unknown images available upon request Eve of St. Mark September 3, 1942 The very well received Maxwell Anderson war play about the journey of Quizz West (William Prince) from a young farm boy to a soldier in the jungles of the Philippines. The play was adapted into a film featuring Vincent Price in 1944. images available upon request Felix Brentano July 26, 1943 Director Felix Brentano at the rehearsals for The Merry Widow (Die Lustige Witwe). 1 images » Fiddler On The Roof November 17, 1964 The Tony Award winning musical written by Joseph Stein, with music by Jerry Bock and Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Starring Zero Mostel, with Maria Karnilova and Bea Arthur. Directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and produced by Hal Prince. 28 images » Finian's Rainbow January 10, 1947 images available upon request Finian's Rainbow September 30, 1948 images available upon request Finian's Rainbow Recording date unknown 16 images » Fiorello! October 22, 1959 Tom Bosley stars in his breakthrough Broadway performance in a musical following the life of New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. The show won the Pulitzer Prize based on the book by George Abbott and Jerome Weidman, with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Music by Jerry Bock and produced by Hal Prince. At the Broadhurst Theatre, 1959. 44 images » First Million April 26, 1943 An Ozark hick family of bank robbers resolves to save every penny until they accumulate their first million, only to be thwarted by the honesty of their own turncoat son. The play was a flop and ran for only 5 performances. images available upon request Fleet Covers date unknown images available upon request Flight to the West December 13, 1940 Elmer Rice's anti-nazi drama about a disparate group of characters aboard a Yankee Clipper flight from Lisbon to New York. The play featured Betty Field, Karl Malden, Hugh Marlowe, and Kevin McCarthy, ran for 136 performances, and was considered one of the best of the year. Set design by Jo Mielziner. images available upon request Flower Drum Song April 29, 1959 The Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II play, directed by Gene Kelly. images available upon request Follow The Girls September 8, 1945 A big hit musical comedy at 888 performances starring Gertrude Niesen and featuring a breakout supporting role for Jackie Gleason. The show produced the big hit song "I Wanna To Get Married" These photographs were taken at the Broadhurst Theatre. images available upon request Foolish Notion February 1945 A comedy written by Philip Barry, directed by John C. Wilson and starring Tallulah Bankhead. The story follows a woman who has lost her husband (Henry Hull) in the war, and so makes plans to marry her husband's best friend (Donald Cook). When the husband surprisingly reappears, all is turned upside-down and the woman must choose between the two men. The play was staged as a combination of reality and the fantasy imaginings of all of the possible outcomes, leaning heavily on the production design and lighting by Jo Mielziner. images available upon request Foxy circa 1962 Images from the first production of Foxy at the Palace Grand Theatre, Dawson City, Yukon. Starring Bert Lahr. 17 images » Frances Parkinson Keyes date unknown Bestselling author of the 1940's and 1950's. She resided in New Orleans and is best known for her works "Steamboat Gothic" and "Dinner At Antoine's". images available upon request Garden Of Time March 1945 Produced by the American Negro Theatre, this three-act fantasy opened off-Broadway in the 135th Street Library Theatre in Harlem. Musical Score by well-known jazz arranger Phil Moore, and written and directed by Owen Dodson. images available upon request Gene Autry July 28, 1942 14 images » Gentlemen Prefer Blondes October 24, 1949 A series of rehearsal images showing dancers, Carol Channing, and other personalities and moments from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Agnes de Mille can also be seen in some images choreographing the dancers. 30 images » <  1  2  3  >

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