| Dates: | 1961-1997 |
| Size: | 3 linear feet in 5 boxes, includes 36 photographs |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection number: | spe.ctc-cdpf |
| Immediate source of acquisition: | These materials were donated to the Special Collections and Preservation Division by Noreen Heron, Public Relations Director of the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse / Forum Theatre. |
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| Preferred citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Candlelight Dinner Playhouse / Forum Theatre Records, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library |
| Finding aid author: | Original author unknown. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Sarah Zimmerman, 2021 |
Abstract
First dinner-theater in the United States. Collection consists primarily of promotional materials such as programs, reviews and clippings for musical and comedy productions.
Biographical/Historical
In 1961 William Pullinsi, a young Chicagoan who was studying at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., returned to his hometown to set up and open the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse at 5508 South Archer Avenue, on the Southwest Side of Chicago. The new playhouse, which debuted on July 7th of the same year, had 112 seats and was housed in a roadside building owned by Pullinsi’s grandfather. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse was the Chicago version of a Washington invention by Pullinsi and his friend Anthony D’Angelo, who had turned a banquet hall in a D.C. hotel into a room where customers were entertained by a show while still seated at dinner tables. The Washington summer theater operation begun by Pullinsi and D’Angelo in 1959 is the first recorded instance of a dinner theater in the United States.
Pullinsi’s new dinner theater in the Windy City prospered enough to enable him to open a new Candlelight Dinner Playhouse in 1964 at 5620 South Harlem Avenue in Summit, Ill. a southwest suburb of Chicago. In his Summit theater, with its arena stage and 550 seats, Pullinsi offered a series of long-running musicals, such as Fiddler on the Roof, Man of La Mancha, Zorba, Into the Woods and a critically acclaimed production of Follies. He also presented edgier dramatic fare on occasion, including Barbara Garson’s savage political satire MacBird, with Lyndon B. Johnson as a contemporary Macbeth, and Edward Albee’s bleak vision of suburbia, Everything in the Garden.
Pullinsi opened the adjoining Forum Theatre in 1972; in contrast, it was a 425-seat proscenium theater with a lobby bar and a separate dining room. Some highlights of the Forum years were the American premiere of Peter Nichols’ The National Health; the world premiere of Boss, a musical based on Mike Royko’s book about Chicago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley; and the hugely successful Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, adapted by John Powers from his humorous memoir of a Catholic upbringing on the South Side of Chicago.
In 1997, faced with financial difficulties in a strained economy and a challenging theater season, William Pullinsi was forced to close both the Candlelight and Forum. They were demolished and replaced by a roadside restaurant. Pullinsi continued in Chicago theater as an independent director and garnered many Jeff Awards throughout his career, including a special Jeff for “many years of innovation and quality, bringing the joys of live theater to hundreds of thousands of Chicago-area patrons.”
Scope and Contents
The collection includes programs, reviews, promotional materials and photographs for shows produced at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse and Forum Theatre. Most productions were directed by William Pullinsi.
Arrangement
The Candlelight Dinner Playhouse / Forum Theatre Records are arranged in two series:
- Series 1: Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 1961-1997
- Series 2: Forum Theatre, 1972-1996
Subject Headings
- Pullinsi, William
- Candlelight Dinner Playhouse (Summit, Ill.)
- Forum Theatre (Summit, Ill.)
- Dinner theater
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 1961-1997
Scope and Contents
Series 1 includes programs, reviews, promotional materials and photographs for shows produced at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse.
Arrangement
Series 1 in arranged chronologically by theater season.
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | General promotional material- Clippings, 1961-1995 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | General promotional material- Promotional material, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter by George Axelrod. Program, 1961 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Tunnel of Love by Joseph Fields and Peter DeVries. Directed by June Pullinsi. Program, 1961 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | The Girls in 509. Review,1963 March |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Nobody Loves an Albatross by Ronald Alexander. Program,1965 June |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson. Choreography by Greta Aldene. Program, 1965 September |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | The Roar of the Greasepaint-The Smell of the Crowd by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Choreography by Greta Aldene, costumes by Carole Caselli. Program, 1966 March |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Hotel Paradiso by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvalliers. Costumes by James Swank. Program, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Luv by Murray Schisgal. Program 1967 August |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon, with Guy Barile. Program, 1967 October |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. Program, 1967 November |
| Box 1 | Folder 12a | MAC BIRD! by Barbara Carson. Songs and music by John Duffy, costumes by Jean Button, with Alan Rachurs and Guy Barile. Program, 1968 April |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Cactus Flower by Abe Burrows. Program, 1969 May |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | The Apple Tree by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. Choreography by John Landovsky, musical direction by Nick Vendon, costumes by James Campbell, with Guy Barile. Program, 1969 October |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Jimmy Shine by Murray Schisgal. Choreography by John Landovsky, costumes by James Campbell, with Jim Jacobs, Shelley Long and Mandy Patinkin. Program, 1970 February |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Don’t Drink the Water by Woody Allen. Costumes by James Campbell, with Jim Jacobs and Edgar Meyer. Program, 1970 March |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Don’t Drink the Water- Promotional material, 1970 March |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Everything in the Garden by Edward Albee. With Charles Likar. Program, 1970 May |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by Joe Darion. Choreography by John Landovsky, musical direction by Nick Vendon, costumes by James Campbell. Program, 1970 November |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Choreography by John Landovsky, musical direction by Nick Vendon, costumes by James Campbell. Program, 1971 June |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | Fiddler on the Roof- Reviews and clipping, 1971 June |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | General Season. Promotional material, 1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. Choreography by John Landovsky, lights by Ed Kreiger, musical direction by Don Miller, costumes by James Campbell. Program, 1972 May |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | The Sound of Music by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, music by Richard Rogers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II. Choreography by Ronna Kaye, musical direction by Nick Venden, costumes by James Campbell. Programs, 1974 October |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | My Fair Lady book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Choreography by John Landovsky, musical direction by Nick Venden, sets by Paul Appel, costumes by Nicole La Bruja, lights by Ed Kreiger. Programs, 1975 April |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | My Fair Lady- Reviews, 1975 April |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | My Fair Lady- Photograph, 1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | The Gingerbread Lady by Neil Simon. Directed by June Pullinsi, sets by William Fosser, lights by Ed Krieger. Program, 1975 August |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | General Season. Promotional material, 1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28a | The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. Sets by Dennis Conway, lights by Ed Krieger, costumes by Eileen LaCanu. Program, 1976 January |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | God’s Favorite by Neil Simon. Sets by William Fosser, lights by Ed Krieger, with Bob Thompson, Frank Galati, Marji Bank. Programs, 1976 April |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | God’s Favorite- Reviews and clippings, 1976 April |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | How the Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn. Sets by William Fosser, lights by Ed Krieger, with Edgar Meyer. Program, 1976 May |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 | God’s Favorite by Neil Simon. Sets by William Fosser, lights by Ed Krieger, with Mike Nussbaum, Ray Rayner. Program, 1976 October |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 | Boy Meets Girl by Bella and Ben Spewack. Press release, 1976 December |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 | General Season. Promotional material, 1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 | Saturday, Sunday, Monday by Eduardo de Filippo. Sets by Dennis Conway, costumes by Rob Berdell, lights by Ed Krieger, with Marji Bank, Geraldine Kay. Program, 1977 January |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 | Dames at Sea book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller, music by Jim Wise. Choreography by Lou Conte, costumes by Robert Berdell, lights by Ed Krieger, musical direction by Don Miller. Program, 1977 March |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 | General Season, Promotional material, 1978 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove. Choreography by James Harms, musical direction by Don Miller, costumes by Nicole LaBruja, sets by Dennis Conway, lights by Ed Krieger, with Ray Rayner, Frank Galati. Program, 1978 April |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 | Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb. Choreography by Lou Conte and Claire Bataille, musical direction by Don Miller, costumes by Nicole La Bruja, sets by Anthony D’Angelo and Dennis Conway, lights by Ed Krieger. Program, 1978 July |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 | Cabaret- Reviews, 1978 July |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 | Hello Dolly by Michael Stewart, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Choreography by Rudy Hogenmiller, musical direction by Don Miller, costumes by Jessica Hahn, sets by Anthony D’Angelo and Bruce Leffek. Program, 1978 August |
| Box 1 | Folder 42 | Hello Dolly- Promotional material, 1978 August |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Hello Dolly- Photograph, 1978 |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 | General season. Promotional material, 1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 | Mame by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Choreography by Ronna Kaye, musical direction by Don Miller, costumes by Jessica Hahn, lights by Ed Krieger. Program, 1979 January |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 | Mame- Promotional material, 1979 January |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 | Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. Choreography by David Wilkinson, musical direction by Don Miller, costumes by Jessica Hahn, sets by Dennis Conway, lights by Ed Krieger. Program, 1979 February |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 | Man of La Mancha- Reviews and clippings, 1979 February |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 | The King and I music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II. Choreography by James Harms and Rudy Hogenmiller, musical direction by Don Miller, costumes by Jessica Hahn, sets by Dennis Conway. Programs, 1979 May |
| Box 1 | Folder 49 | The King and I- Reviews, 1979 May |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | The King and I- Photograph, 1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 | Gypsy by Arthur Laurents, music by Jules Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Choreography by James Harms, musical direction by Don Miller, sets by Mike Patek and Bruce Leffek, costumes by Jessica Hahn, lights by David Pomatto. Program, 1979 July |
| Box 1 | Folder 51 | Gypsy- Promotional material and reviews, 1979 July |
| Box 1 | Folder 52 | South Pacific by Oscar Hammerstein, II and Joshua Logan, music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II. Choreography by Rudy Hogenmiller, musical direction by Don Miller, settings by Mike Patek and Bruce Leffek, costumes by Jessica Hahn, lights by David Pomatto. Program, 1979 October |
| Box 1 | Folder 53 | South Pacific- Promotional material and reviews, 1979 October |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | General Season. Promotional material, 1980 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Funny Girl by Isobel Lennart, lyrics by Bob Merrill, music by Jules Styne. Review, 1980 February |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Oklahoma music by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, II. Choreography by John Landovsky, musical direction by Don Miller, sets by Mike Patek and Bruce Leffek, costumes by Cynthia Maniates. Programs, 1980 June |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Oklahoma- Promotional material and reviews, 1980 June |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Oklahoma- Photographs (4), 1980 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Choreography by Brian Lynch, musical direction by Don Miller, sets by Mike Patek and Bruce Leffek, lights by David Pomatto, costumes by Cynthia Maniates. Program, 1980 October |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Follies by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Choreography by Dennis J. Grimaldi, muscial direction by Don Miller, sets by Mike Patek and Bruce Leffek, costumes by Cynthia Maniates, lights by David Pomatto. Program, 1980 November |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Follies- Reviews, 1980 November |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | General Season. Promotional material, 1981 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | Showboat by Oscar Hammerstein, II, music by Jerome Kern. Choreography by Brian Lynch, musical direction by Don Miller, sets by Mike Patek, costumes by Cynthia Maniates, lights by David Pomatto. Program, 1981 February |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | Annie Get Your Gun by Herbert and Dorothy Fields, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Choreography by Brian Lynch, musical direction by Don Miller, sets by Mike Patek, costumes by Cynthia Maniates, lighting by Daivd Pomatto. Program, 1981 May |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Annie Get Your Gun- Promotional material, 1981 May |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | Oklahoma by Oscar Hammerstein, II, music by Richard Rodgers. Choreography by Brian Lynch, musical direction by Don Miller, sets by Mike Patek and Bruce Leffek, costumes by Cynthia Maniates, lights by David Pomatto. Programs, 1981 November |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | Bye Bye Birdie- Promotional material, 1982 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Bye Bye Birdie- Photograph, 1982 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | General season. Promotional material, 1982 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | Zorba by Joseph Stein, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, February 1982. Choreography by Brian Lynch, musical direction by Donald Yap, sets by William Fosser, costumes by Cynthia Maniates, lights by David Pomatto. Program, 1982 February |
| Box 5 | Folder 5a | Zorba- Photograph, 1982 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | General Season. Promotional material, 1983 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | Camelot by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Choreography by Brian Lynch, sets by Mike Patek, costumes by Julie Jackson, lights and sound by David Pomatto, with Bob Thompson and Dale Benson. Promotional material, 1983 January-April |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | Annie by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. Choreography by Brian Lynch, music direction by Don Miller, sets by Michael Merritt, costumes by Julie Jackson, lighting by David Pomatto, with Dale Benson. Program, 1983 December |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | Annie- Promotional material, 1983 December |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Annie- Photograph, 1983 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | General Season. Promotional material, 1983 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | Guys and Dolls music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Choreography by Brian Lynch, musical direction by Frank Winkler, sets by Chris Phillips and Mike Patek, costumes by Julie Jackson, lights by David Pomatto, with Dale Benson and Ray Raynor. Program, 1984 January |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | Guys and Dolls- Promotional material, 1984 January |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 | Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Choreography by Brian Lynch, musical direction by Frank Winkler, sets by Mike Patek, costumes by Julie Jackson, lights by David Pomatto, with Dale Benson. Program, 1984 April-July |
| Box 2 | Folder 24 | The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan. Choreography by Brian Lynch, sets by William B. Fosser, costumes by Julie Jackson, lights by Daivd Pomatto, with Dale Benson. Program, 1984 |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 | Nine by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. Choreography by Brian Lynch, musical direction by Nick Venden, sets by William Fosser, costumes by Julie Jackson, lights by David Pomatto. Program, 1984 December |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 | Nine- Promotional material and reviews, 1984 December |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | Nine- Photograph, 1984 |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 | General Season. Promotional material, 1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 | Evita by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd-Webber. Choreography by Rudy Hogenmiller, musical direction by Nick Venden, sets by William Fosser, costumes by Mathew John Hoffman, III and Julie Jackson, lights by Daivd Pomatto. Program, 1985 April-September |
| Box 2 | Folder 29 | Evita- Reviews and clippings, 1985 April-September |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | Evita- Photograph, 1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 30 | A Chorus Line by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban. Choreography by Rudy Hogenmiller and James Harms, sets by William Fosser, lights by Geoffrey Bushor, costumes by Julie Jackson, sound by David Pomatto, musical direction by Nick Venden. Program, 1985 September |
| Box 2 | Folder 31 | A Chorus Line- Promotional material, 1985 September |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 | General Season. Promotional material, 1986 |
| Box 2 | Folder 33 | Little Shop of Horrors book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken. Sets by William Fosser, costumes by Julie Jackson, lights by Geoffrey Bushor, puppets by Martin Robinson. Program, 1986 April-September |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | Little Shop of Horrors- Photograph, 1986 |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 | My One and Only by George and Ira Gershwin. Choreography by Rudy Hogenmiller and James Harms, musical direction by Nick Venden, sets by William Fosser, costumes by Julie Jackson, lights by Deborah Acker, with Dale Benson. Program, 1986 December |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | General Season. Promotional material, 1987 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Rags by Joseph Stein, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Musical direction by Nick Venden, sets by Paul Guncheon, costumes by Julie Jackson, lights by Deborah Acker, with Dale Benson. Programs, 1987 May |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Rags- Promotional material and reviews, 1987 May |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | Rags- Photograph, 1987 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | Sugar Babies by Ralph G. Allen, music by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Al Dubin. Choreography by Brian Lynch, sets by Gary Baugh, costumes by Julie Jackson, lights by Paul Miller, musical direction by Michael Keefe, with Dale Benson. Program, 1987 November |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Sugar Babies- Promotional material, 1987 November |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | General Season, Promotional material, 1988 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | La Cage Aux Folles by Harvey Firestein, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Choreography by Rudy Hogenmiller and James Harms, musical direction by Nick Venden, sets by Gary Baugh, costumes by Kaye Nottbusch, lights by Paul Miller, with Dale Benson. Programs, 1988 February |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | La Cage Aux Folles- Photographs (2), 1988 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Dreamgirls book and lyrics by Tom Eyen, music by Henry Krieger. Choreography by Danny Herman, music direction by Nick Venden, sets by Gary Baugh, costumes by Julie Jackson, lighting by Mike Ledger. Programs, 1988 May |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Follies by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Musical direction by Nick Venden, choreography by Brian Lynch, sets by Gary Baugh, costumes by Kaye Nottbusch, lights by Michael Philippi, with Dale Benson, Guy Barile. Programs, 1988 December |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Follies- Reviews, 1988 December |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | Follies- Photograph, 1988 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | General Season. Promotional material, 1989 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes. Musical direction by Nick Venden, choreography by Danny Herman, sets by Gary Baugh, lights by Robert Christen, costumes by Jan Evans, with Dale Benson. Programs, 1989 February |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | The Human Comedy by Galt McDermot and William Dumaresq. Clippings, 1989 May |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | 42nd Street by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin. Choreography by Danny Herman and Trudi Green, musical direction by Nick Venden, sets and lights by Michael Philippi, costumes by Jan Evans, with Dale Benson. Program, 1989 June-September |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | 42nd Street- Reviews and clippings, 1989 June-September |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | Sweet Charity by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Choreography by John Sharpe. Review, 1989 October |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | General Season, Promotional material, 1990 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | Me and My Girl by L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber, music by Noel Gay. Choreography by Rudy Hogenmiller and James Harms, musical direction by Nick Venden, sets by John Paoletti, costumes by Jack Kirkby, lights by Michael Philippi, with Dale Benson. Promotional material and program, 1990 February-June |
| Box 5 | Folder13 | Me and My Girl- Photograph, 1990 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | Into the Woods by James Lapine, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Musical direction by Albert Potts III, sets by John Paoletti, costumes by Nancy Missimi, lights by Robert Christen, with Dale Benson, Ross Lehman. Program, 1990 July |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | Into the Woods- Reviews and clippings, 1990 July |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | Into the Woods- Photographs (2), 1990 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Musical direction by Nick Venden, choreography by David Wilkinson, sets by John Paoletti, costumes by Jack Kirkby, lights by Diane Ferry Williams, with Dale Benson. Programs, 1990 October-1991 January |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | Fiddler on the Roof- Reviews and clippings, 1990 October-1991 January |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | General Season. Promotional material, 1991 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | A Chorus Line- Review, 1991 January-April |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | A Chorus Line- Photograph, 1991 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 | Little Me by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. Sets by John Paoletti, costumes by Jack Kirkby, lights by Kenneth Moore, with Dale Benson. Programs, 1991 April-July |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 | Little Me- Reviews, 1991 April-July |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 | La Cage Aux Folles by Harvey Firestein, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Costumes by Jack Kirkby, sets by Gary Baugh, lighting by Diane Ferry Williams, choreography by Rudy Hogenmiller and James Harms, musical direction by Michael Duff, with Dale Benson.Programs, 1991 August |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 | Evita. Review, 1991 December |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 | General Season. Promotional material, 1992 |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 | Phantom by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. Program, 1992 January-April |
| Box 3 | Folder 31 | Phantom- Reviews, 1992 January-April |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | Phantom- Photographs (2), 1992 |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 | Sleeping Beauty. An AlphaBet Soup production. Reviews, 1992 December |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 | General season. Promotional material, 1993 |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 | Five Guys Named Moe. Reviews, 1993 March-June |
| Box 3 | Folder 35 | Song and Dance. Reviews, 1993 June |
| Box 3 | Folder 36 | Oliver. Reviews, 1993 September |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 | Nunsense II. Program and reviews, 1993 December-1994 February |
| Box 3 | Folder 38 | General Season. Promotional Material, 1994 |
| Box 3 | Folder 39 | Mame by Jerry Herman. Review, 1994 February-May |
| Box 3 | Folder 40 | The Will Rogers Follies inspired by the words of Will and Betty Rogers, book by Peter Stone, music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Choreography by Danny Herman, musical direction by Mark Elliott, sets by William B. Fosser, costumes by Burt Pitcher, lights by Greg Kolak. Program and review, 1994 September |
| Box 3 | Folder 41 | Singin’ in the Rain, based on the MGM film, original choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, screenplay and adaptation by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed. Choreography by Jim Corti, musical direction by Mark Elliott, sets by Bill Bartelt, lights by Joseph P. Tilfor and Shannon McKinney, costumes by Gregg Barnes. Programs, 1995 January |
| Box 3 | Folder 42 | South Pacific. Review, 1995 |
| Box 3 | Folder 43 | My One and Only music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, book by Peter Stone and Timothy S. Mayer. Musical direction by Greg Lawrence, choreography by Marc Robin, sets by Bill Bartelt, costumes by Jack Kirkby, lights by T.J. Gerckens. Program and review, 1995 October |
| Box 3 | Folder 44 | Carousel music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstien, II. Directed by William Pullinsi, musical direction by Tom Sivak, choreography by Gordon Peirce Schmidt, scenic Design by Bill Bartelt, costume design by Jack Kirkby, lighting design by Shannon McKinney. Program, 1995 November |
| Box 3 | Folder 45 | General Season. Promotional Material, 1996 |
| Box 3 | Folder 46 | Crazy for You. Review, 1996 February |
| Box 3 | Folder 47 | Brigadoon. Review, 1996 May-July |
| Box 3 | Folder 48 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, lyrics by Jonny Mercer, music by Gene de Paul, new songs by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. Directed by David Perkovich, musical direction by Tom Sivak, choreography by Gordon Peirce Schmidt, sets by Bill Bartelt, costumes by Burt Pitcher, lights by T.J. Gerckens. Program, 1996 July |
| Box 3 | Folder 49 | A Musical Christmas Carol. Review and promotional material, 1996 December |
| Box 3 | Folder 50 | It’s a Wonderful Life. Review and promotional material, 1996 December |
| Box 3 | Folder 51 | Phantom. Invitation, 1997 January |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | Fiddler on the Roof. Photograph, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | Man of la Mancha. Photograph, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | Unidentified. Photographs (2), undated |
Series 2: Forum Theatre, 1972-1996
Scope and Contents
Series 2 includes programs, reviews, promotional materials and photographs for shows produced at Forum Theatre.
Arrangement
Series 2 in arranged chronologically by theater season.
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | General Promotional- Clippings, 1972-1979 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | General Promotional- Childrens’ Theatre, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | The National Health or Nurse Norton’s Affair by Peter Nichols. Costumes by James Campbell, with Frank Galati, Mike Nussbaum, James O’Reilly. Programs, 1972 April |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | The National Health or Nurse Norton’s Affair- Reviews and clippings, 1972 April |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Company by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Musical direction by Nick Venden, choreography by John Landovsky, costumes by Sandra Tignor. Programs, 1972 August |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Company- Reviews and clippings, 1972 August |
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | Company- Photograph, 1972 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | Eli by Alan Barcus, Joe Mantegna, and John Mantegna, Review, 1973 February |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | The Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon. Program, 1973 May |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | Boss by Frank Galati, music by Nick Venden. Choreography by Lou Conte, costumes by Nicole La Bruja, with Dick O’Neill. Programs, 1973 May-September |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | Boss- Reviews and clippings, 1973 May-September |
| Box 5 | Folder 21 | Boss- Photograph, 1973 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon. Costumes by James Campbell, lights by Ed Krieger, with Ray Rayner. Program, 1973 December |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | Awake and Sing by Clifford Odets. Costumes by James Campbell, lights by Ed Krieger. Programs, 1974 February |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | Awake and Sing- Reviews, 1974 February |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | Loot by Joe Orton. Review, 1974 Mary |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | Forty Years On by Alan Bennett. Costumes by James Campbell, lights by Ed Krieger, with Mike Nussbaum, Frank Galati. Program, 1974 June |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 | Forty Years On- Review, 1974 June |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 | The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard and Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer. Costumes by David Manning, lights by Ed Krieger, with Mike Nussbaum, Bob Thompson. Programs, 1974 September |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 | The Real Inspector Hound / Black Comedy- Reviews, 1974 September |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | Robert and Elizabeth by Ronald Millar, music by Ron Grainer. Choreography by John Landovsky, musical direction by Michael Cullen, costumes by James Campbell and Sandra Kay Tignor. Program, 1974 November |
| Box 4 | Folder 20 | Robert and Elizabeth- Reviews and clippings, 1974 November |
| Box 4 | Folder 21 | The Good Doctor by Neil Simon, with music by Peter Link. Sets by Dennis Conway, costumes by James Campbell, lights by Ed Krieger, with Mike Nussbaum, Frank Galati and Bob Thompson. Programs, 1975 January |
| Box 4 | Folder 22 | The Good Doctor- Reviews and clippings, 1975 January |
| Box 4 | Folder 23 | The Three Cuckolds by Leon Katz. Directed by Frank Galati, costumes by James Campbell, lights by Ed Krieger, with Bob Thompson. Program, 1975 April |
| Box 4 | Folder 24 | Steambath by Bruce Jay Friedman. Sets by William Conway, lights by Ed Krieger, costumes by Eileen LaCario, with Mike Nussbaum. Program, 1975 May-October |
| Box 4 | Folder 25 | Steambath- Reviews and clippings, 1975 May-October |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 | Steambath- Photograph, 1975 |
| Box 4 | Folder 26 | A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Directed by June Pullinsi, sets by Dennis Conway, costumes by Nicole LaBruja, lights by Ed Krieger, with Bob Thompson, Claudia MacNeil. Program, 1975 July |
| Box 4 | Folder 23 | A Raisin in the Sun- Photograph, 1975 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 | The Gang’s All Here by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Sets by Dennis Conway, lights by Ed Krieger, costumes by Nicole LaBruja, with Dana Andrews, Bob Thompson and Tony Mockus. Program, 1975 July |
| Box 4 | Folder 28 | The Hot-L Baltimore by Lanford Wilson. Reviews, 1975 December |
| Box 4 | Folder 29 | Irma la Douce by Alexandre Brefort and Marguerite Monnot. Directed by David Perkovich, sets and costumes by Brad Loman, choreography by Ronna Kaye, with Denise DeBrun. A Midwest Theater Foundation production. Clippings, 1976 April |
| Box 4 | Folder 30 | Cinderella Brown by Tom Sharkey. Program, 1976 |
| Box 4 | Folder 31 | The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer. Directed by Dennis Zacek, sets by Maher Ahmad, lights by Louis Vasseur, costumes by Carolyn Plemitscher, with Ray Rayner, Laurel Cronin, David Downs. A Stage Center Company production. Programs, 1979 February-May |
| Box 4 | Folder 32 | The Shadow Box- Reviews, 1979 February-May |
| Box 4 | Folder 33 | Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? by John Powers, music and lyrics by Alaric Jans and James Quinn. Directed by Mike Nussbaum, musical direction by Tom Sivak, choreography by Tracy Friedman, sets by James Maronek, lights by Robert Shook, costumes by Jessica Hahn and Elizabeth Passman, with Tony Mockus, Brad Hall and Chloe Webb. Programs, 1979 June-1981 December |
| Box 4 | Folder 34 | Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up- Reviews and clippings, 1979 June-1981 December |
| Box 4 | Folder 35 | Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up- Promotional material, 1979 June-1981 December |
| Box 4 | Folder 36 | E/R conceived by Ronald L. Berman, MD. Directed by Stuart Gordon, sets and costumes by Rick Paul, lights by Paul Brin, with Bernard Beck, Cheryl Hamada, Lily Monkus and Ivory Ocean. Program, 1985 January |
| Box 4 | Folder 37 | Billy Bishop Goes to War by John Gray and Eric Peterson. Directed by Mitchell Ivers, musical direction by David Loud, sets by Patricia Woodbridge, lights by Jackie Manasee, costumes by Cindy Legler. Program, 1986 September |
| Box 4 | Folder 37a | Baby. Promotional material, 1986 November |
| Box 4 | Folder 38 | Nunsense written and directed by Dan Goggin. Choreography by Felton Smith, sets by Barry Axtell, lights by Susan White, musical direction by Robert Sutter. Program, 1987 June-August |
| Box 4 | Folder 39 | Nunsense- Promotional material, 1987 June-August |
| Box 4 | Folder 40 | Lyle by Charles Strouse and Thomas Meehan. Directed by Barbara Simon, choreographed by Barbara Simon and Bob Bowyer, musical direction by Nick Venden, sets and lights by Michael Philippi, costumes by Jordan Ross. Program, 1989 September |
| Box 4 | Folder 41 | Lyle- Promotional material, 1989 September |
| Box 5 | Folder 24 | Lyle- Photograph, 1989 |
| Box 4 | Folder 42 | Fantastic Fantasy Factory. A Players Workshop of Second City production. Promotional material and clippings, 2990 November-December |
| Box 4 | Folder 43 | Breaking Legs by Tom Dulack. Sets by Steven Clayton, lights by Tom Fleming, costumes by Jan Evans and Lynn Schiliaci, with Guy Barile. Programs, 1991 February-June |
| Box 4 | Folder 44 | Breaking Legs- Reviews, 1991 February-June |
| Box 4 | Folder 45 | Rumors by Neil Simon. Directed by William Pullinsi and Larry Wyatt, sets by Nicholas John Mozak, costumes by Lynn Schillaci, lights by Kenneth Moore, with Dale Benson. Reviews, 1991 November |
| Box 5 | Folder 25 | Rumors- Photograph, 1991 |
| Box 4 | Folder 46 | Out of Order by Ray Cooney. Directed by William Pullinsi and Larry Wyatt, sets by William Foesser, costumes by Jordan Ross, lights by Charles Jails, with Dale Benson and Bob Thompson. Programs, 1992 July-September |
| Box 4 | Folder 47 | Out of Order- Reviews and clippings, 1992 July-September |
| Box 5 | Folder 26 | Out of Order- Photographs (3), 1992 |
| Box 4 | Folder 48 | Ruthless by Joel Paley and Marvin Laird. Reviews, 1993 January |
| Box 4 | Folder 49 | It Runs in the Family by Ray Cooney. Sets by Katherine Ross, costumes by Burt Pitcher, lights by Charles Jolls, with Bob Thompson, Dale Benson. Program and reviews, 1993 September-1994 January |
| Box 4 | Folder 50 | Beau Jest by James Sherman. Review, 1994 January-May |
| Box 4 | Folder 51 | Bleacher Bums by Joe Mantegna et. al. Review, 1994 June |
| Box 4 | Folder 52 | Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig. Sets by Tony Walton, costumes by Nancy Missimi, lights by Charles Jolls. Program, 1994 |
| Box 4 | Folder 53 | You Can’t Take It With You. Review, 1994 December |
| Box 4 | Folder 54 | Not Now Darling by Ray Cooney and John Chapman. Review, 1995 March |
| Box 4 | Folder 55 | Corpse by Gerald Moon. Sets by Kurt Sharp, costumes by Jack Kirkby, lights by Charles Jolls. Program, 1995 September |
| Box 4 | Folder 56 | Season’s Greetings by Alan Ayckbourn. Review and invitation, 1996 December |
