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Mastergate

Description: Playwright Larry Gelbart talks about "Mastergate," a political farce based on the Iran contra scandal.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/10/1989

Mime Marcel Marceau

Description: Interview with mime Marcel Marceau. In the interview he describes the art and discipline of mime, especially as part of the theater rather than film. He explains how when he first came to America there were no mimes, and then there was a mime-craze in the 1970s. He describes his feelings about being one of the most iconic mimes. He explains how mime can cross international, racial, language, and other boundaries. He recounts the events of his current visit to Boston. He discusses his family and personal life. He explains the balance of his show, which is broken up into two parts: Bip, the man struggling against the world, and Pantomimes of Style. They discuss his other artistic pursuits while shooting cutaways.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/18/1982

Music Hall

Description: Grand lobby, interior of Music Hall. Ornate chandelier, marble columns, heavenly mural. Gilded architectural details — carved moldings, capitals, medallions, angels. Interview with Harry Lodge, who gives history of Music Hall (formerly Metropolitan Theater), originally designed in 1920s by Clarence Blackhall for Vaudeville and movies. Describes the proposed restoration program to be completed in fall 1980 if lease secured and funds raised. In order to bring the Metropolitan Opera to Boston, the theater needs deeper stage for performing arts, updated communication systems, ventilation systems, and a renovated auditorium (seats 4,300). The theater is used for ballet, concerts, movies. Lodge states that this renovation with revitalize Boston as a major center for the performing arts. Lodge shows a drawing of the proposed plan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977

Music Hall reception

Description: Fundraising reception for revamping of The Music Hall into the Metropolitan Theatre as a venue for ballet and opera. Gathering of Boston Brahmins. Wine, hors d'oeuvres, string quartet. Archival photo of grand interior of original theater. Betty Cook, Harry Lodge, Clara Wainwright.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/10/1977

Musicals: Democrats in New York

Description: Analogies of Jackson, Dukakis, Gore, the Democratic presidential candidates, on eve of New York primary, as found in musicals. film clips.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/18/1988

Opera Fair

Description: Fair to raise money for Opera Company of Boston sponsored and broadcast by WCRB. Interview with young children who say they like opera. Male vocalist with piano accompaniment performs in lobby of Opera House. Sarah Caldwell talks about restoring theater with deeper stage, better acoustics, new seats for $6 million.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/19/1979

Orpheum Theatre

Description: Orpheum Theatre marquee: “Opera Company of Boston, Damnation of Faust.” Produce for sale on sidewalk below. White bas relief entrance on Hamilton Place. Signs for Meatloaf concert. Ticket window with posters for Cecil Taylor and Artist's Ball. Poster for gala benefit for restoration of Modern Theatre.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/30/1978

Peter Sellars on gulf war

Description: Opera director Peter Sellars talks about his contemporary staging of “Marriage of Figaro,” military censorship, absence of human images in Persian Gulf coverage, and propaganda.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/25/1991

Richard Harris in Camelot

Description: Preview of Richard Harris in Camelot at the Met.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/26/1982

Saxon Theater

Description: Man gives scholarly history of theater architecture in Boston, commenting on Boston's Theater District - Saxon (Majestic), Colonial, Wilbur, Tremont, Music Hall (Metropolitan). Includes interior details of Saxon - red velvet curtains and rails; gilded rococo balconies; relief of fruit, flowers, leaves, masks, angels.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/17/1977