Eileen Darby Photo Assignments
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A Connecticut Yankee
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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. |
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images available upon request
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Allegro
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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. |
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Bloomer Girl
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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. |
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Carousel
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March 17, 1945 |
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Foolish Notion
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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. |
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Harvey
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date unknown |
| The 1945 Pulitzer Prize winning story of Elwood P. Dowd and his imaginary six foot, three and one half inch tall rabbit Harvey. Starring Frank Fay and Josephine Hull, the play ran for 1775 performances. The 1950 film version recast James Stewart in the role of Elwood P. Dowd and won a "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" Oscar for Mrs. Hull. |
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John Henry
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December 30, 1939 |
| Starring Paul Robeson in the title role at the Colonial Theatre in Boston. The show opened on Broadway 11 days later on January 10th, 1940 at the 44th Street Theatre. Despite its short run this was the show that marked the beginning of Eileen Darby's Theatre photography career, the images of which were her first published in the NY Times Photo Section in 1940 by photo editor Victor Talley. |
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John Murray Anderson's Almanac
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December 10, 1953 |
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Laffing Room Only
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circa 1944 |
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Men In Shadow
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March 10, 1943 |
| Originally an English play in 1942, the show was brought to Broadway in 1943. A flop that ran for 21 performances, the drama revolves around the hiding of three American airmen in an old French mill house. Written by Mary Hayley Bell, wife of renown actor John Mills, and produced by Max Gordon. |
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New Faces of 1943 (New Shoes)
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circa 1943 |
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On the Town
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circa 1944 |
| Inspired by Jerome Robbins' earlier ballet Fancy Free, On The Town brilliantly dramatized the adventures of three sailors in New York on a 24-hour pass. Robbins' driving creative vision as both director and choreographer on this show and his West Side Story (1957) planted the seeds for the so called "concept musical," such as "Cabaret" (1966) and "Chicago" (1975). |
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Rosina Lhévinne and Van Cliburn
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date unknown |
| Pianist Van Cliburn is shown rehearsing with his teacher Rosina Lhévinne. She became his instructor at The Juilliard School and propelled him to fame in 1958 with his win in the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. The win caught the attention of the nation and he was given a ticker tape parade in New York and shared the top of the charts with the likes of the soundtrack to South Pacific and Johnny Mathis. |
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