Institute of the American Musical

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The Institute of the American Musical in Los Angeles  was founded in 1972 by its current President Miles Kreuger . Its collection includes "the largest collection of artifacts from Broadway musicals," including scripts and other materials. It is known as one of the most important archives for Broadway history, and was from the Library of Congress "a national treasure" (a national treasure) called.

collection

The collection includes items such as posters of Broadway plays since the 19th century, the memoirs of Busby Berkeley , Oscar Hammerstein's personal copy of Show Boat's script, and the Ray Knight collection which has been dubbed the "crown jewel" of the Institute's collection. It contains the only known footage from numerous early Broadway shows, including Julie Andrews in Camelot , Gwen Verdon in Damn Yankees and Ethel Merman in the premiere of Gypsy .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Port of Call: When 'Show Boat' pulls into Costa Mesa on Tuesday, it will be duly noted by theater historian Miles Kreuger, founder of the 25-year-old, LA-based Institute of the American Musical. . In: Los Angeles Times . August 23, 1997. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  2. ^ Tom Gregory: The Institute of the American Musical . YouTube. July 18, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b Miles Kreuger . June 23, 2013. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 23, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / classicfilmastronomy.com
  4. ↑ a b Musical Theater Museum Struggles To Preserve Archives. Original quote: "one of the most important archives of Broadway history" . March 2, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  5. ^ Acolyte of a Vanishing Art Form. . In: Los Angeles Times . September 7, 1997. Retrieved November 23, 2014.