The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991-05-31

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Title
The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991-05-31
Additional title: Mysteries and what's so funny? (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Names
Glass, Philip (Composer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Author of dialog)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Stage director)
Bode, Benjamin (Performer)
Kandel, Karen (Performer)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
Fire, Norma (Performer)
Hoffman, Jane, 1911-2004 (Performer)
Johnson, Alan, 1959- (Performer)
Johnson, Alan, 1959- (Musical director)
Cunningham, Scott (Performer)
Pashalinski, Lola (Performer)
Graham, Karen (Performer)
Moss, Dean (Performer)
Playten, Alice (Performer)
Tufts, Gayle (Performer)
Walker, Jonathan (Performer)
Williams, Ralph (Performer)
Meschter, Dave (Sound designer)
Wheeler, Jedediah (Producer)
Kerr, Allan (Stage manager)
Grooms, Red (Designer)
David Gordon/Pickup Company (Performer)
David Gordon/Pickup Company (Producer)
Spoleto Festival U.S.A. (Presenter)
Collection

David Gordon Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991-05-31
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3869
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Credits transcribed from program.
Content: Title on original: Mysteries and What's So Funny Spoleto/USA Charleston SC May 31, 1991.
Creation/production credits: Music Director and Pianist: Alan Johnson; Lighting Designer: Dan Kotlowitz; Sound Designer: David Meschter; Casting: Vince Liebhart and Judy Dennis; Assistant Director: Mary Ann Kellogg; Produced by Jedediah Wheeler; Produced in association with: David Gordon/Pick Up Performance Co.; Mark Hough, Managing Director; Curtis Grund, Company Administrator; Production Manager: Marc Warren; Stage Manager: Allan Kerr; Associate Costume Designer: Mary Myers; Logo Graphics by Rocco Pinciotti; Sets and Props by Atlantic Scenic Studios, Inc.
Performers: Performed by Pick Up Company: Valda Setterfield (Marcel Duchamp), Benjamin Bode (Young Sam), Scott Cunningham (Anger I), Karen Evans-Kandel (Anger II), Norma Fire (Detective, Only, Oldest Child), Karen Graham (Young Rose), Jane Hoffman (Fanny), Dean Moss (Young Artist), Lola Pashalinski (Old Rose), Alice Playten (Actor, Father, Grandfather, etc.), Gayle Tufts (Mrs. Him), Jonathan Walker (Mr. Him), Ralph Williams (Old Sam).
Venue: Recorded in performance at the Sottile Theatre, Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, S.C., 1991 May 31.
Acquisition: Gift; David Gordon / Pick Up Performance Co(s). 2014.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (94 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 898128004
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20496810
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9eff84a0-9e7e-0132-dd99-3c075448cc4b
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991-05-31" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a032d380-9e7e-0132-e1bf-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991-05-31" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a032d380-9e7e-0132-e1bf-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991-05-31 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a032d380-9e7e-0132-e1bf-3c075448cc4b

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The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991-05-31