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Theatre -- 20th century.

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

New Pins & Needles..., 1940

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.83
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"Pins and Needles", America's hit musical revue, combining satire with pro-labor sentiment. The hit revue ran on Broadway from 1937 to 1940.

Dates: Publication: 1940

Open letter from The San Francisco Mime Troupe to "Friend", 1970-03

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.32
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"As the summer season approaches, we find ourselves crippled by the recent misfortune we suffered iin Southern California. The repressive policies on five campuses have placed an unexpected $10,000 gap in our finances...."

Dates: 1970-03

Panic, 1935-03-16

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.5
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Flyer announcing the performance of the play, "Panic", a drama of industrial crisis plus the symposium that follows. Produced under the auspices of the New Theatre and New Masses.

Dates: Event: 1935-03-16

The New Pins and Needles, 1940-10

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.83
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"The Civil Liberties Committee of Massachusetts invites you to attend the Opening Performance of 'The New Pins and Needles'...at the Plymouth Teatre, Boston." Invitation includes a detachable ticket order form.

Dates: 1940-10

"Words and Music" by Benny Green, 1985-04

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Identifier: 1981.010.6
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"It is no wonder that the general public is baffled by what songwriters do. Songwriters are baffled by it themselves, and have managed to come up with a rational explanation of what is, after all, a hopelessly irrational exercise..."

Dates: 1985-04