| New York, NY – August 25, 2014: The League of Professional Theatre Women is pleased to present Actor/Director/Philanthropist BILLIE ALLEN for the next Oral History interview. ALLEN will sit down with Tony Award-Winning Actress PHYLICIA RASHAD to discuss her fascinating work as a theatre artist. The event will be Monday, September 22, 2014 at 6:00 pm at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on 65th Street & Amsterdam Avenue. Admission is free, but seats will be on a first-come-first-seated basis. (Photos: http://bit.ly/LPTWphotos)Betty Corwin, who produces the Oral History series is delighted that, “the outstanding actress and director, Phylicia Rashad, the first African-American actress to win a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play, will be interviewing Billie Allen, the dancer, actress, director. activist who has contributed so much to the American theatre. We’re proud that Billie is not only a founding member of the League of Professional Theatre Women but that she has contributed so much of herself to civil rights causes through the years.”
Oral History Project: With the generous support from Angelina Fiordellisi, Artistic Director of the Cherry Lane Theatre, Phylicia Rashad will be interviewing Billie Allen; from The Betty R. and Ralph Sheffer Foundation, the League has interviewed Mercedes Ruehl and Tyne Daly; the Edith Meiser Foundation has previously supported the interviews of Bebe Neuwirth, Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole, playwright Kia Corthron, Donna Murphy, Frances McDormand, and many others. The ongoing Oral History Project chronicles and documents the contributions of significant theatre women in many fields. The interviews are videotaped and preserved for posterity in the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. |
