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Document 253979

JEROME ROBBINS
On puppet shows: "the best evenings I've spent at the theater anywhere".
ALS: "Jerry Robbins", 1p, 7¼x10¼. New York, 1960 January 17. To Frank Peschka and Bill Murdock, New York. In full: "Now see just how prompt I am. This is a thank you note for that great cake at Xmas. Late, late, late, - but grateful grateful grateful. Many thanks for it & for all the best evenings I've spent at the theater anywhere. By the way - I make a suggestion for Elsie - the verse & chorus of '10¢ a Dance'. It's Elsie! All love." Fine condition. Accompanied by original typed envelope. Flap torn from opening. 2 tackhead-size stains at lower margin, else fine. The evening at the theater mentioned by Robbins was to see a performance of the Little Players, a five-member theatrical puppet troupe created by two artists, FRANK PESCHKA and BILL MURDOCK. ELSIE LUMP was one of the Little Players. Robbins was one of the first great American-born ballet masters and also a major Broadway and film choreographer. He won Tony Awards for Best Choreography in 1948 (High Button Shoes), 1958 (West Side Story) and 1965 (Fiddler on the Roof) and in 1989 for directing Jerome Robbins' Broadway. He won the 1961 Academy Award for Best Director for West Side Story and an Honorary 1961 Academy Award for his choreography of the film. Two items.

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