Web Credits
Producer: Anu Krishnan
Art Director: Sabina Daley
Designer & Flash Programmer: Karen Mattson
Graphic Art: Karen Mattson
Technical Director: Brian Lee
PHP Scripting: Ben Chappel
Production Assistant: Diana Cofresí-Terrero
Copy Editor: Leslie Kriesel
HTML Implementation Assistance: Brian Santalone
Writer: John Ardoin
Multimedia Presentation: Encyclopedia of Composers & Songwriters
Biographies
Used by kind permission of the Gale Group (http://www.galegroup.com/)and the American Council of Learned Societies (http://www.acls.org/).
Photo Credits
Harold Arlen (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten collection, [Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-103724 DLC])
“We’re Off To See The Wizard (the Wonderful Wizard of Oz)” sheet music cover. New York: Leo Feist, Inc., 1939. (Music Division, Library of Congress)
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band, 1911.” (Historic American Sheet Music, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band, 1911.” Music A-5378, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library)
George M. Cohan (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten collection, [Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-126361 DLC])
“Over There, 1917.” (Historic American Sheet Music, “Over There, 1917.” Music #1170, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library)
Fred Ebb (Photo courtesy of International Creative Management)
Detail from Bob Fosse directing Liza Minnelli in the filming of CABARET. (Fosse-Verdon Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph by Lars Looschen)
George Gershwin (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten collection, [Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-42534 DLC])
Ira Gershwin (Photofest)
Oscar Hammerstein II (Richard Rodgers Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress)
John Kander (Photo courtesy of International Creative Management)
Detail from Bob Fosse directing Liza Minnelli in the filming of CABARET. (Fosse-Verdon Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph by Lars Looschen)
“Oh Lady! Lady!!, 1918.” (Historic American Sheet Music, “Oh Lady! Lady!!, 1918.” Music #628, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library)
Stephen Sondheim (Photo by Jerry Jackson, © 2000)
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We are deeply saddened to report that John Ardoin, who has been a writer and contributor to GREAT PERFORMANCES Online since its inception in 1997, died on Sunday, March 18, 2001, in Costa Rica, from complications of lymphoma. Well known and admired for his expertise in opera and classical music, he was the music critic of THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS until 1998 and music consultant for GREAT PERFORMANCES for 20 years, as well as a writer for many of its presentations. He authored six books, including THE CALLAS LEGACY, CALLAS AT JUILLIARD, THE STAGES OF MENOTTI, and THE FURTWAENGLER RECORD.
About the Expert
Thomas Hischak is the author of 13 books on theater, film, and Tin Pan Alley, including THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN THEATRE (Oxford University Press), THROUGH THE SCREEN DOOR: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BROADWAY MUSICAL WHEN IT WENT TO HOLLYWOOD (Scarecrow Press), THE TIN PAN ALLEY SONG ENCYCLOPEDIA (Greenwood Press), BOY LOSES GIRL: BROADWAY’S LIBRETTISTS (Scarecrow Press), and WORD CRAZY: BROADWAY LYRICISTS FROM COHAN TO SONDHEIM (Praeger Press). He is Professor of Theatre at the State University of New York College at Cortland and the author of 18 published plays.
Television Credits
Produced by
Stephen Netburn
Co-Producer
Michael J. Shapiro
Edited by
Dirk Meenen
Michael J. Shapiro
Written by
Joe Gilford
Mary Cleere Haran
Additional Narration Written by
Scott McIsaac
Frederick Green
Creative Consultants
Susan B. Landau
George Feltenstein
Cinematographer
Jose Luis Mignone
Main Title Design
Bruce Schluter
Hair and Makeup
Jan Arcaro
Special Thanks
Robert Harper
Production Credits
Segment Producer
Scott McIsaac
Production Coordinator
Marianne Fennell Mooradian
First Assistant Camera Operator
Mary Gonzales
Second Assistant Camera Operator
Alex Noble
Boom Operator
Joel Schbyack
Gaffer
Pat Kirkwood
Best Boy Electric
Dave Sexton
Electrician
Don Clark
Key Grip
Don Vos
Best Boy Grip
Ricky Brochardt
Teleprompter Operator
Patrick Orvonio
Sound Mixer
David Ronne
Video Playback
Juan Glodsmith
Script
Tracy Young
Wardrobe Stylist
Terrence Stephen
Production Assistants
Anthony Richards
Sean Manton
Craft Service
Katy Cornelius
Piano Tuner
Keith Albright
Film, Photographs, and Memorabilia Courtesy of:
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
Army Emergency Relief
Avalon Archives, Ltd.
Bettmann/CORBIS
Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations
Budget Films Stock Footage
Cole Porter Estate
CORBIS
CRDPHOTO/CORBIS
Desert Island Films
Eileen Darby/Timepix
Fox Movietone News
Gus Kahn Company
Harry Warren Estate
Historic Film Archives
Holton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS
Kay Duke Engalls
Michael Feinstein
National Archives
New Orleans Historic Collection
Photofest, N.Y.C.
Producers Library Service
Ralph Morse/Pix Inc./Timepix
Samuel Goldwyn Films, LLC
The Doutis Foundation
The Library of Congress
Turner Entertainment Co.
Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Universal Studios Licensing LLLP
Variety Magazine
Walter Sanders/Timepix
Warner Bros.
Yale University Music Library
Mr. Feinstein performs on Baldwin, a division of Gibson Musical Instruments
Director of Post-Production
Benjamin Arnold
On-Line Editor
Ellias Chalhub
Chyron Editor
Andrew Ganas
Sound Editor
Scott Moore
Re-Recording Pre-Mixer
Ruben Gomez
Color Correction
Mark Beutel
Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Howe
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Series Producer
David Horn
Producer
John Walker
Director of Program Development
Bill O’Donnell
Executive Producer
Jac Venza
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