May 25, 2012
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
(next to the Metropolitan Opera)
also entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, just below 65th Street
New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 870-1630
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Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat: 12 pm – 6 pm
An invaluable resource for students and teachers of the performing arts, the Billy Rose Theatre Collection contains clippings, photos, playbills, videotapes and films from every phase of theatrical art and entertainment. The Dance Collection, the greatest concentration of dance memorabilia in the country, includes the Jerome Robbins Film Archive. The Music Division contains recordings, films and tapes, as well as books. The Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound encompasses more than 460,000 recordings and more than 8,500 printed items. Changing exhibits focus on the performing arts. Also housed here are the Performing Arts circulating collections of music, theater and dance, which include books, videos, compact discs, audiotapes, sheet music and orchestral scores. Concerts and lectures are held in the Bruno Walter Auditorium.
- Directions: Subway: 1 to 66th Street - Lincoln Center
- ADA Compliant Restrooms
- Disability Access: Fully accessible
- Public Phone
- Reading Room
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Ongoing Anyone can listen to or watch archival footage from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Music Division, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, Billy Rose Theatre Division or the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
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