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Published on 10/14/08
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Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library
WHY ESSENTIAL:
You’ll be amazed at what your NYPL card gives you access to. Billy Rose’s collection— 5 million documents strong—is the country’s most comprehensive theatrical archives, and features everything from recent TV scripts to 1700s Shakespearean playbills. We still drift off in reverie remembering the blissful afternoon we spent researching Jane Russell, delicately turning the pages of 60-year-old movie mags.
The secret:
The Rose collection is home to some shockingly intimate letters. Some of curator Bob Taylor’s favorites include an exchange between Tennessee Williams and Cheryl Crawford, wherein Williams laments his battle with alcoholism and how deeply it affected his writing (he would send a friend ahead to get him a drink to have on his way to the bar). 40 Lincoln Center Plaza at 64th St (212-870-1639, nypl.org)
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D
Thu, Sep 25, at 10:36am
What white people will fall for.
D
Thu, Sep 25, at 10:36am
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Thu, Feb 07, at 07:31am
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Thu, Nov 01, 07, at 7:54pm
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Thu, Nov 01, 07, at 3:59pm
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josh
Thu, Nov 01, 07, at 3:55pm
How is this an "ultra-valuable tip?" It's not even a "tip," it's a piece of trivia.
eyeball hatred
Thu, Nov 01, 07, at 2:05am
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