Broadway's Ninth Annual Easter Bonnet Competition: back to basics
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Title
Broadway's Ninth Annual Easter Bonnet Competition: back to basics
Collection
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Video Archive
Names
Ridge, Richie (Interviewer)
Broderick, Matthew, 1962- (Host)
Parker, Sarah Jessica (Host)
Caldwell, Zoe (Host)
Whitehead, Robert J (Host)
Mantello, Joe (Host)
Baitz, Jon Robin, 1961- (Host)
Thomas, Marlo (Host)
Gaines, Davis (Host)
Monk, Debra, 1949- (Host)
Jones, Cherry, 1956- (Host)
Luker, Rebecca (Host)
Jbara, Gregory (Host)
Close, Glenn, 1947- (Host)
Garber, Victor (Host)
Christopher, Thom (Narrator)
Repole, Charles (Director)
Marshall, Kathleen (American artist, born 1950) (Choreographer)
Friedman, David, composer (Musical director)
Rudetsky, Seth (Musical director)
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Organization) (Presenter)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1995
Place: New York
Publisher: Broadway Beat
Table Of Contents
Introduction with interviews (5 min.) / by Richie Ridge -- Easter Bonnet Competition performance (149 min.).
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6659
Subjects
Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Dance companies -- United States
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids ; with the voice of Thom Christopher ; directed by Charles Repole ; choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
Content: Title from opening video credits ; additional credits from program.
Creation/Production Credits: Musical supervisors, David Friedman, Seth Rudetsky ; presented by Michael Graziano, John V. Fahey, Carol Ingram, Kevin Duncan ; producing director, Tom Viola ; lighting, Tommy Brovard, Lisa Masik ; sound, Scott Anderson, Ned Hatton ; script, Tom Viola, Michael Graziano, Scott Barnes
Performers: Hosted by: Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zoe Caldwell, Robert Whitehead, Joe Mantello, Jon Robin Baitz, Marlo Thomas, Davis Gaines, Debra Monk, Cherry Jones, Rebecca Luker, Gregory Jbara, Glenn Close, Victor Garber.
Performers: Bonnet dancers: Tim Albrect, Joyce Chittick, Greg Garrison, Alisa Klein, Shannon Lewis, Brian-Paul Mendoza, Elizabeth Mills, Malinda Shaffer, Lorna Shane, Steven Sofia, Alton White, Daniel Wright.
Performers: Bonnet chorus: Kevin Berdini, Andrea Burns, Paul Castree, Neil Cohen, Margo Grib, Elliot Levine, Rita Lilly, Rob Lorey, Anna McNeely, Hugo Munday, Beverly Myers, Kristen Nordeval, Wilbur Pauley, John Schenkweiler, Eilene Tepper, Molly Wasswemann.
Performers: Cast includes: Whoopi Goldberg, Anne Runolfsson, Billy Porter, Howard McGillin, Nancy LaMott, Maria Conchita Alonzo, Helen Reddy and cast member from Miss Saigon, Kiss of the Spider Woman, How to Succed..., An Inspector Calls, Crazy for You, That's Life, Grease, Beauty and the Beast, Language of their Own, Les Ballets Trockadero, Cats, Love Valour Compassion, Hello Dolly, Fiddler on the Roof, Angels in America, Rainbow & Stars, Gentlemen prefer Blonds, Tommy, Les Miserables, Sunset Boulevard, Damn Yankees, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Three Tall Women, and Show Boat.
Venue: Videotaped during the competition at the Palace Theatre, New York, N.Y., 1995 April 10 or 11.
Acquisition: Gift; Tory Dobrin, 2014.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (154 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 951781265
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21001103
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 04581160-841a-0134-01cc-00505686a51c
Rights
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Broadway's Ninth Annual Easter Bonnet Competition: back to basics" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1995. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04581160-841a-0134-01cc-00505686a51c
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1995). Broadway's Ninth Annual Easter Bonnet Competition: back to basics Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04581160-841a-0134-01cc-00505686a51c
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Broadway's Ninth Annual Easter Bonnet Competition: back to basics" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04581160-841a-0134-01cc-00505686a51c
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