Lincoln Center Library
Lincoln Center Library
#0Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 4:55pmHi everyone. I have heard that there are video recordings of recent broadway shows that they have in the Lincoln Center Library. I have also heard that the only way to view these tapes is to say you are doing research on a certain composer or director. I would like to go there to see a list of shows that they have on reserve. Have any of you seen any past bway shows at the lincoln center library? How would I go about doing this? How much does it cost? Thanks so much.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#1re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 4:56pmId like this info too, please. Ive been looking for these tapes forever.
Mattio98
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
#2re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 4:56pmIt's free. To look up what shows they have go to NYPL.org and use the CATNYP catalogue.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#3re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 4:58pmWickedRocks, you can't borrow them. You can only go and watch them. You can't rewind, fast forward, nada. You sit down in a room and watch.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#4re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:00pm
Not true, Matt - you can rewind, FF, pause, etc... You watch them on a computer monitor...
You can also just tell the desk girl that you're auditioning for a role and researching for that.
You have to get an ACCESS card made (different from the regular library card - on the third floor of the library) before you can use the videos....
"High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man" - Tears for Fears
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#5re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:01pmI guess that is new, than? (I haven't been in a LONG time)
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#6re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:02pmPlus you have to call in advance because usually there are a lotof people who try to reserve a space so the room is often full. Also...one tape I tried to view was the last revival of Chicago with Bebe Neuwirth and Ann Reinking and they didn't have it so they do NOT have everything.
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#7re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:03pmThey're not going to have a show that's currently playing on broadway available - even if it's a revival... I've never had to call, just been able to go right in if there's an open terminal...
"High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man" - Tears for Fears
#8re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:25pmI just checked, and I didn't see PETER PAN with Sandy Duncan.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#9re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:33pmThey dont have older shows. I think Company was the first one they taped. Also a lot of shows that closed early didnt get taped. Most of the shows get taped but not all of them.
#10re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:29pmSo is it difficult to fake being a "qualified researcher"???
"I look before I leap
I love margins and discipline
I make lists in my sleep
Baby what's my sin?"- Joanne, Rent
#11re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:30pmThey have a recording of Dance of the Vampires! Now I can see how bad it really was!
#12re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:12pm
here is the link to the taped MUSICALS:
http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dMusical+theater+--+New+York+(State)+--+New+York./dmusical+theater+new+york+state+new+york/-5,-1,0,B/exact&FF=dmusical+theater+new+york+state+new+york&1,377,
=d.b.j-
Vary My Days.
lovettespies
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/04
#13re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:14pmWait, I'm still confused. Do they ask you why you're there, or is it pretty easy to see the tapes?
Keep the peace, take care of each other, and may you find your promised land.
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bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#14re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:29pmWhy don't they have THE CIVIL WAR or THE WHO'S TOMMY? Those are my two favorites. The one for STARLIGHT EXPRESS is only 10 minutes of footage. What do you have to do to pass as a qualified researcher?
#15re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:31pmMy question also: "What is considered a qualified researcher?" All of the tapes have restrictions, which say qualified researchers only.
"So much of me is made of what I learned from you. You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart."-Wicked
#16re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:46pmI ask the same questions as everyone else. "What must one do to be a qualified researcher?
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#18re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:52pm
i say calm down, youse.
-d.b.j-
Vary My Days.
#19re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 8:44pmsomeone PM me about making up an excuse to see the shows. thanks!
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#20re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 8:45pmI believe if you go in and say that you are directing the show, that's all they would need to hear.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#21re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 8:47pmunfortunately, im only 22, so they prolly wouldn't believe me. i can definitely use that in the future though.
#22re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 8:47pmThe fact that I am 18 year old girl and I look 12 might hurt that argument for me...any others? Would saying "I am doing it for a school play" not work b/c that's not professional enough?
"I look before I leap
I love margins and discipline
I make lists in my sleep
Baby what's my sin?"- Joanne, Rent
Updated On: 8/20/04 at 08:47 PM
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#23re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 8:48pmI doubt it. But you can definately try!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#24re: Lincoln Center Library
Posted: 8/20/04 at 9:46pmYeah, what's the difference between "permission only" and "qualified researchers?"
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