50 Years of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

Thu Jun 01 2023 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium | New York

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Publisher/HostNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts
50 Years of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
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Come celebrate 50 years of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
About this Event

The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT), the first and foremost collection of videorecorded live theatre performances in the world, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an exhibition at the Library for the Performing Arts. Janice C. Simpson, theatre journalist, critic, and professor, interviews Patrick Hoffman, director and curator of TOFT about the exhibition and the history of the archive over the years with exciting video excerpts from the exhibition and its vast collection to be included.


Janice C. Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the theater blog Broadway & Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts “All the Drama” and "Stagecraft." She directed the Arts & Culture Reporting program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY for 10 year and spent three decades at TIME magazine, where her positions included associate managing editor, deputy chief of correspondents for national news and arts editor. She currently sits on the executive committee of the Outer Critics Circle and is a member of the Drama Desk and the American Theatre Critics Association.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium, Enter via 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, United States

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