<i>The Selling of the President</i> Poster
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>The Selling of the President</i> is a 1972 Broadway musical that is freely based on the 1968 book of the same title by journalist Joe McGinniss. McGinniss’s book centers on the television marketing techniques used by Richard Nixon in his successful bid to become the 37th President. The script for the musical, by Jack O’Brien and Stuart Hample, retains the premise of using complex advertising strategies to promote presidential campaigns, but invents a mythical candidate named George W. Mason, played by Broadway veteran Pat Hingle. The show’s composer is Bob James. The poster, in bright colors reminiscent of artist Peter Max, lists the names of principal cast members and production personnel, as well as the name and address of Broadway’s Shubert Theatre, where the show played its brief run of 5 performances.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Musical Theater
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Rogen S. (Steven W.) Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0044.12
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0044.12
label: accession number
content: 1994.0044
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 14 in; 55.88 cm x 35.56 cm