''Home Movies'' is a one-act musical written by
Rosalyn Drexler, with lyrics by Drexler and music by
Al Carmines
Reverend Alvin Allison "Al" Carmines, Jr. (July 25, 1936 – August 9, 2005) was a key figure in the expansion of Off-Off-Broadway theatre in the 1960s.
Carmines was born in Hampton, Virginia. Although his musical talent appeared early, he d ...
. The musical ran
Off-Off-Broadway
Off-off-Broadway theaters are smaller New York City theaters than Broadway and off-Broadway theaters, and usually have fewer than 100 seats. The off-off-Broadway movement began in 1958 as part of a response to perceived commercialism of the pro ...
in 1964 and won the
Obie Award, Distinguished Plays and Best Music.
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Productions
The original production of ''Home Movies'' ran for three weekends, from March 20, 1964 until March 30, 1964 at the ''Judson Poets' Theater'', located at Judson Memorial Church
The Judson Memorial Church is located on Washington Square South between Thompson Street and Sullivan Street, near Gould Plaza, opposite Washington Square Park, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...
in Greenwich Village
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. The cast included Al Carmines
Reverend Alvin Allison "Al" Carmines, Jr. (July 25, 1936 – August 9, 2005) was a key figure in the expansion of Off-Off-Broadway theatre in the 1960s.
Carmines was born in Hampton, Virginia. Although his musical talent appeared early, he d ...
as Father Shenanigan, Sudie Bond
Sudie Bond (July 13, 1923 – November 10, 1984) was an American actress on film, stage, and television.
Early years
Bond was one of four children of J. Roy Bond, an industrialist, and Carrie Bond. She grew up in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and was ...
as Vivienne, Fred Herko
Frederick Charles "Freddie" Herko (February 23, 1936 – October 27, 1964) was an American artist, musician, actor, dancer, choreographer and teacher.
Early life
Born in New York City, Herko's father was a diner manager and his mother was a ...
as Peter Peterouter, and Barbara Ann Teer
Barbara Ann Teer (June 18, 1937 – July 21, 2008) was an American writer, producer, teacher, actress and social visionary. In 1968, she founded Harlem's National Black Theatre, the first revenue-generating black theater arts complex in the U.S.
...
as Violet.[" ''Home Movies''/''Softly Consider the Nearness'' Listing"]
Internet Off-Broadway Database Listing, accessed July 4, 2012
Actor and comedian Orson Bean
Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He was a game show and talk show host and a "mainstay of Los Angeles’ small ...
produced a second run of the show at the Off-Broadway Provincetown Playhouse
The Provincetown Playhouse is a historic theatre at 133 MacDougal Street between West 3rd and West 4th Streets in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It is named for the Provincetown Players, who converted the former ...
, beginning May 11, 1964, and running for 72 performances.["Plays Produced in the Provincetown Playhouse in 1960s Chronological"]
ProvincetownPlayhouse.com, accessed July 4, 2012 Bean had met the show's writer, Rosalyn Drexler, through a school he founded, and accepted an invitation from her to see the show during its original run. He liked it so much he took an option on it the next day and tapped friends to be investors. While this production opened with the same cast as the original, starting May 26 Orson Bean
Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He was a game show and talk show host and a "mainstay of Los Angeles’ small ...
took over the role of Father Shenanigan.
References
External links
Judson Poets Theater
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Obie Award-winning plays
1964 musicals