Series X. Press, 1966-2012, inclusive
Extent
Extent
Scope and Contents note
This series contains numerous published articles written about Mabou Mines. There are original newspaper clippings, photocopies of clippings, magazine and journal articles, press releases, production histories, programs, and other related material. Materials include performance reviews, interviews, performance listings and advertisements, and articles about members and the company in general.
Arrangement
Arranged into three subseries.
Processing Information
When the collection was maintained by Mabou Mines, the newspaper reviews for some productions had been individually foldered and each given a rating based on its favorability. This rating system was expressed through the use of color-coded circle stickers attached to the tops of some folders. Rave reviews were given red or orange stickers, yellow stickers were for mixed reviews, and black were for negative reviews. Presumably, this enabled those working at Mabou Mines to quickly determine the general critical opinion of a given performance, and also served as a shortcut to finding reviews from which to pull quotes for press releases, advertisements, etc. This rating system was not retained when the collection was processed at Fales Library for the following reasons: (1) the researcher is better served if several reviews of a performance are collected into a single folder; (2) the rating system was not uniformly applied; (3) some colored stickers had fallen off before the series was processed; (4) a reader can distinguish a rave from a pan.
Subseries X.A. General Press, 1972-2012, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents note
This series includes articles and clippings about Mabou Mines generally, followed by published mentions of the company's awards and nominations.
Arrangement
Arranged first by general Mabou Mines articles, then by articles on awards, chronologically within each one.
San Francisco Chronicle -- "Mabou Mines Troupe Between Art, Theater" by Paine Knickerbocker, January 12, 1972
San Francisco Examiner -- "The Floor Is Part of Their Act" by Stanley Eichelbaum, January 12, 1972
New York Magazine -- "Museum as Theater" by Barbara Rose, May 15, 1972
The Drama Review -- "Collective Creation" by Theodore Shank, June 1972
Vogue -- "New Physical Theater" by Barbara Rose, July 1972
Ruby Cohen article, [1972]
Ruby Cohen article draft, undated
Various publications, February-June 1973
Village Voice -- "Voice Vanguard", December 29, 1975
Alternative Theatre -- "Mabou Mines: From Beckett to Breuer" by Diane Nardone, January-February 1975-1976
Art Press International (Summer 1976) [French], 1976
New York Times -- "The Art of Mabou Mines" by Roger Copland, May 1977
Tel Quel -- "Theatre aux Etats-Unis" by Tom Bishop [French], Fall 1977
Bunch Festival misc. press, 1977-1978
Theatre Crafts -- "Where Conceptual and Performance Art Meet" by H. Merton Goldman, March-April 1978
Washington Review, April 1978
Weekly Soho News (V.5 No.33) -- "Mabou Mines: Putting on the Dog" by Tish Dace, May 18-24, 1978
New York Magazine -- "Off-Off and Running" by Alan Rich, October 9, 1978
Various Publications, 1978-1988, inclusive
Village Voice -- "The Souls of Art Folks" by Richard Goldstein, June 4, 1979
Daily News -- "Dodger Theater, Mabou Mines share roof" by Ernest Leogrande, May 15, 1980
Showbill -- "The Inventive Mabou Mines" by Erika Munk, December 1980
Soho News -- "Is Mabou Mines Plural or Singular?" by Robert Coe and Don Shewey, April 29, 1981
Theater Communications -- Vol. 3 No. 2, Vol. 3 No. 5, May and August 1981
Alternatives Théâtrales, October 1981
[Japanese reviews], 1981-1982
[Japanese publication], 1982
New York Times -- "The Theater's Avant-Garde Branches Out" by Mel Gussow, March 18, 1984
Broadway Bill of Fare -- "Reflections in a Broken Mirror" by Bennett Lew, April 19, 1984
LA Weekly, Vol 6 No 24 -- "Women in Film" issue, May 11, 1984
American Theatre -- "The Many Voices of Mabou Mines" by Don Shewey, June 1984
The Daily Yomiuri -- "MM Theater About Ideas" by RoseMary Safranek, August 19, 1984
On Stage: New York, March 1985
Back Stage -- "In Search of the Avant Garde" by Ronn Mullen, June 28, 1985
Opera for the 80's and Beyond, July 1985
American Theatre, November 1986
West Side Spirit -- "Mabou Mines: Cerebral Experimental Theater" by Dianne Arndt, June 1, 1987
New York Times -- "Mabou Mines Revivals in a Brief Chelsea Run" by Jeremy Gerard, March 20, 1987
Village Voice -- "Mabou Mines Chelsea Season", March 24, 1987
Option: Music Alternatives, May-June 1987
Performance-Management -- Vol XII No 1, Spring 1987
Interview -- "Mabou Mines" by James Rasenberger, June 1988
Back Stage -- "Artists in Charge: The Revival of the Actor-Manager", July 14, 1989
Theatre Times, Vol 8 No 3 -- "Are CoProductions the Wave of the Future?" by Mindy Levine, April 1989
Various Publications, 1989-1993, inclusive
Theater Week -- "Mabou Mines Turns Twenty" by Alexis Greene, January 29, 1990
Elle -- "The State of Mines" by John Howell, May 1990
"Works" Wexner Center performing arts catalog, 1990
Village Voice -- re: Mabou Mines: The First Twenty Years at Grey Art Gallery, January 1, 1991
New York Times -- "Tragedy is Rewriting Avant-Garde Agenda" by John Rockwell, 1991
Village Voice, April 14 and 21, 1992
American Theatre -- "Hunkering Down with Mabou Mines" by Roger Downey, December 1992
American Theatre -- "On a Visit with Puppets" by Stephen Haff, December 1992
New York Daily News -- "Avant Let Down Their Garde" by Lewis Beale, November 20, 1993
Scena -- Interviews with Akalaitis and Breuer, [1993]
The New Yorker -- "An Uptown Girl at a Downtown Concert" by Miriam Lewin, October 22, 1995
New York Times -- Heiner Muller obituary, January 1, 1996
Various Publications, 1996-1999, inclusive
Various Publications, 2000-2006, inclusive
Various Publications, 2009-2012, inclusive
[Serbian press], undated
Photocopy of handwritten history of Mabou Mines (1957-1975), [1975]
Financial/funding articles, 1981-1990
Funding and theater press, 1980-1991
List of awards, 1974-1984
Obie Awards, June 7, 1976
Obie Awards, June 6, 1977
Obie Awards, June 12, 1978
Villager Downtown Theater Awards, July 27, 1978
Obie Awards, May 28, 1979
Villager Downtown Theater Awards, May 31, 1979
Obie Awards, June 9, 1980
Villager Downtown Theater Awards, 1980
Obie Awards, June 3-9, 1981
Villager Downtown Theater Awards, June 11, 1981
Villager Downtown Theater Awards, 1982
Obie Awards, May 31, 1983
Villager Downtown Theater Awards, June 6, 1983
Maharam Stage Awards -- Variety, July 27, 1983
Maharam Design Prizes -- Variety, October 12, 1983
Brandeis University Creative Arts Awards, April 26, 1984
Obie Awards, May 21, 1984
Obie Awards, May 27, 1986
Obie Awards, May 26, 1987
Obie Awards, May 29, 1990
Village Voice Best of the '80s, January 2, 1990
Village Voice -- "I Lost It At the Obies" by Ross Wetzsteon, May 30, 1995
Obie Awards, May 28, 1996
Obie Awards, May 27, 1997
Misc. Villager Awards, 1978-1983
Misc. Obie Awards, 1976-1998
Misc. awards, undated
Misc. press and press-related files, undated
Subseries X.B. Company Members & Associates, 1966-2012, inclusive
Extent
Extent
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains articles and clippings about Mabou Mines company members and associates. Also included are some curricula vitae in addition to press items.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- Village Voice, 1977
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications, 1977-1979
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- Various Publications, 1978-1993, inclusive
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- Village Voice, 1979
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- "Jane Bowles" program, 1979
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- Christian Science Monitor, 1981
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- New York magazine, 1981
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications, re: "Request Concert", March-June 1981
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- Time, w/ the famous "JoAnne Akalaitis' Mabou Mines" line, October 5, 1981
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications, "Request Concert", February-March 1981
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications, re: "Dark Ride", November 1981
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications, re: "Red and Blue" [includes press release], May 1982
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- Theatre Communications, January 1983
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- New York Times Magazine, May 1, 1983
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- In Performance, October 1983
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications, October-December 1983
Akalaitis, JoAnne --Theatre Journal -- "Some Versions of Performance Art" by Xerxes Mehta, May 1984
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- Back Stage -- re: Maharam Awards, July 20, 1984
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications -- re: Beckett's "Endgame", November-December 1984
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications -- re: Beckett's "Endgame", January-March 1985
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications, July-September 1985
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- Village Voice -- re: "The Balcony", February 25, 1986
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications -- re: "Green Card", May-June 1986
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 18, 1987
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications, February, June-July 1988
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- New York Times and NY Daily News -- re: "Cymbeline", June 1, 1989
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications -- "The Seasons", October-December 1989
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- various publications -- re: "The Screens", November-December 1989
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- NYTW News, Winter 1995
Akalaitis, JoAnne -- The Drama Review -- NYU/School of the Arts, undated
Akalaitis, JoAnne and Lee Breuer -- Italian interview, undated
Archer, Julie -- Various Publications, 1999-2005, inclusive
Breuer, Lee -- Various Publications, 1966-1997, inclusive
Breuer, Lee -- biographies and curricula vitae, 1981-1995
Breuer, Lee -- San Francisco Examiner, January 12, 1972
Breuer, Lee -- Village Voice, December 29, 1975
Breuer, Lee -- Village Voice -- re: Obies, June 12, 1978
Breuer, Lee (author) -- Village Voice -- "A Modest Proposal", March 5, 1979
Breuer, Lee -- The Scene, August 1, 1979
Breuer, Lee -- bibliography of articles about Breuer/Mabou Mines, October 1, 1979
Breuer, Lee -- "An interview with Lee Breuer" by Richard J. Stayton, 1980
Breuer, Lee -- various publications, March and August 1980
Breuer, Lee -- Reader (LA free weekly) -- interview, August 29, 1980
Breuer, Lee -- various publications -- re: "Lies", March and June 1981
Breuer, Lee -- various publications -- re: "Lulu", March-Fall 1981
Breuer, Lee -- Santa Cruz Express -- interview, April 8, 1981
Breuer, Lee -- various publications -- re: "The Tempest", June-July 1981
Breuer, Lee -- Soho News, July 1, 1981
Breuer, Lee (author) -- Soho News, February 2, 1982
Breuer, Lee -- various publications -- re: "Red Beads", February 5, 1982
Breuer, Lee -- Observer, August 28, 1982
Breuer, Lee -- various publications -- "Warrior Ant", 1985-1991
Breuer, Lee -- Village Voice -- "American Theater's Wild Man", May 19, 1987
Breuer, Lee -- New York Times, September 6, 1987
Breuer, Lee -- Elle, October 1988
Breuer, Lee -- "In Their Own Words: Contemporary American Playwrights" -- interview by David Savran, 1988
Breuer, Lee -- The Star-Ledger, September 19, 1989
Breuer, Lee -- Greek interview, 1989
Breuer, Lee (author) -- Village Voice -- "The Two-Handed Gun", August 20, 1991
Breuer, Lee -- New Times, December 11-17, 1991
Breuer, Lee (author) -- SPAN, "Playing to the Flame", August 1992
Breuer, Lee -- Bomb, Summer 1996
Breuer, Lee -- Various Publications, 1998-2011, inclusive
Breuer, Lee -- Unidentified Publication, 2007
Digital materials
Breuer, Lee (author) -- Performing Arts Journal no 1, "How We Work", undated
Breuer, Lee -- miscellaneous press, undated
Breuer, Lee -- unidentified clipping, undated
Fogarty, Sharon -- Various Publications, 1997-2010, inclusive
Galilee, Clove -- Various Publications, circa 1988-2006, inclusive
Glass, Philip -- Various Publications, 1986
Godmilow, Jill -- curriculum vitae, [1983-1984]
Kandel, Karen -- Various Publications, 2002-2006, inclusive
Kryszak, Al -- curriculum vitae, undated
Malaczech, Ruth -- interview agreement, 1977
Maleczech, Ruth -- Performance Art -- no 2, 1979
Maleczech, Ruth -- New York Magazine, February 23, 1981
Maleczech, Ruth -- The Independent, October 1983
Maleczech, Ruth -- various publications, 1983
Maleczech, Ruth -- Various Publications, 1983-2000, inclusive
Maleczech, Ruth -- various publications, October 1984
Maleczech, Ruth -- Village Voice, July 9, 1985
Maleczech, Ruth -- various publications, 1986
Maleczech, Ruth -- Theater Week, December 14-20, 1987
Maleczech, Ruth -- various publications -- re: "Life and Fate", May and December 1988
Maleczech, Ruth -- New York Newsday -- interview, December 7, 1988
Maleczech, Ruth -- various publications, 1989
Maleczech, Ruth -- High Performance, Spring 1990
Maleczech, Ruth -- American Theatre, April 1992
Maleczech, Ruth -- Unidentified Publications, 2006-2008, inclusive
Digital materials
Maleczech, Ruth -- Various Publications, 2006-2009, inclusive
Maleczech, Ruth -- miscellaneous press, undated
Morris, Mark -- various publications, March-April 1986
Neumann, Frederick -- biographies, 1993, undated
Neumann, Frederick -- various publications, 1981-1995
Neumann, Frederick -- Various Publications, 1994-2002, inclusive
O'Reilly, Terry -- biographies with contracts for "Ironweed", 1987, undated
O'Reilly, Terry -- biographies, undated
O'Reilly, Terry -- Various Publications, 1999
Ramblin' (Breuer), Lute -- curriculum vitae, [1986-1987]
Raymond, Bill -- various publications, 1984, 1989
Resident Artist Program (RAP) Alumni -- Various Publications, 1998-2012, inclusive
Twist, Basil -- Symphonie Fantastique Program, 1999
Warrilow, David -- unidentified clipping, [1972-1973]
Warrilow, David -- various publications -- re: Beckett's "A Piece of Monologue", December 1979-November 1980
Warrilow, David -- Various Publications, 1981-1983, inclusive
Warrilow, David -- various publications, January and March 1982
Warrilow, David -- New York Times, February 6, 1983
Warrilow, David -- various publications -- re: "Ohio Impromptu", June-July 1983
Warrilow, David -- New York Times -- re: Beckett's "All Strange Away", September 24, 1984
Warrilow, David -- New York Times, November 22, 1987
Warrilow, David -- American Theatre, April 1989
Warrilow, David -- various publications -- obituaries, August-December 1995
Warrilow, David -- calendar, undated
Subseries X.C. Productions, 1971-2012, inclusive
Extent
Extent
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of original and photocopied clippings and articles about various Mabou Mines' productions. The designation "Beckett Plays" refers to any combination of Come and Go, The Lost Ones, and Play, which were often performed together in the company's early days. The company used this designation for the numerous published items that mention one or all of these plays, and it was retained for this series. In other series each Beckett production is referred to by its individual title.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by production, then chronologically by performance.