Playbill for Topdog/Underdog
date: label: Date
content: March 2002
name: label: Published by
content: Playbill, American, founded 1884
label: Edited by
content: Judy Samuelson
label: Subject of
content: Suzan-Lori Parks, American, born 1963
label: Subject of
content: George Costello Wolfe, American, born 1954
label: Subject of
content: Mos Def, American, born 1973
label: Subject of
content: Jeffrey Wright, American, born 1965
label: Subject of
content: Ambassador Theatre, American, founded 1928
notes: label: Description
content: Playbill, volume 118, number 3, featuring the play, "Topdog/Underdog," written by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Mos Def and Jeffrey Wright, and performed at the Ambassador Theatre, New York, 2002. The top third of the cover is the masthead, a yellow rectangular field with black type with the magazine's title, [PLAYBILL ®] above the text [AMBASSADOR THEATRE]. Below the masthead is a white field outlined in black, with a black-and-white illustration depicting a frontal view of a bulldog’s head above the same image upside-down. Dividing the two illustrations is the title of the play, which is also the main coverline, is written in two black-outlined boxes in black-and-white text, [TOP DOG / UNDERDOG]. The word “Underdog” is written upside-down. The playbill website is printed at the bottom of the front cover. The back cover features an ad for Target Stores. All of the pages are glossy and bound together with staples. Most of the interior pages are off-white with black type with black-and-white images and color images. The magazine has fifty (50) pages.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Theatre companies
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.64.13
objectType: label: Type
content: theater programs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Closed): 8 7/16 × 5 3/8 × 1/16 in. (21.5 × 13.6 × 0.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Open): 8 7/16 × 10 1/2 × 11/16 in. (21.5 × 26.7 × 1.8 cm)