Interview Reese Schonfeld In his seven-hour interview, Reese Schonfeld (1931-2020) talks about his early years, and his time working for United Press Movietone News. He describes his years at UPI Television News, and their coverage of the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the assassination of President John F...
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Interview Charles Strouse In the half-hour solo portion of his interview, Charles Strouse talks about his early childhood and influences. He details his musical education, including the Eastman School of Music and his studies under Aaron Copland. He discusses his first professional credit on Broadway, his work on Bye Bye...
Interview Lee Adams In the fifteen-minute solo portion of his interview, Lee Adams discusses his childhood and early influences, including his education at Ohio State and Columbia. He talks about the musical he wrote as an undergraduate, and meeting Charles Strouse in New York. He discusses his style and process as a...
Interview Leslie Uggams In her two-hour interview, Leslie Uggams describes her childhood growing up in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan and how she began performing at the Apollo Theater at the age of nine. She talks about her appearances on early television shows including Beulah , The Milton Berle Show...
Interview Shirley Jones In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Shirley Jones speaks about her early career, being discovered by composer Richard Rodgers, and her television debut on Playhouse 90, which led to Burt Lancaster casting her in her Academy Award-winning role in Elmer Gantry . She talks about working on the...
