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Title
Interview with Iván Acosta
Additional title: Iván Acosta interview
Names
Estate of Felipe Gorostiza (Funder)
Parker/Hodges Productions (Production company)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (Producer)
Acosta, Iván, 1943- (Interviewee)
Espejo, Ramón, 1969- (Interviewer)
Vásquez, Eva C., 1966- (Interviewer)
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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 2025
Place: New York
Library locations
Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Shelf locator: NCOW 448
Topics
Acosta, Iván, 1943-
Acosta, Iván, 1943- Super
Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Hispanic American theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Dramatists
Musical theater
Theater
New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Billy Rose Theatre Division, Douglas Reside, curator.
Content: Title from opening credits.
Performers: Interviewed by Dr. Ramón Espejo and Eva Cristina Vásquez.
Venue: Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., February 6, 2025.
Funding: Recorded with the financial assistance of the Estate of Felipe Gorostiza.
Language: The interview is conducted in Spanish, without translation.
Content: Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Content: Closed captioning for this video was created using an automatic speech recognition system.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 videodisc (DVD) (90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
Playwright/screenwriter/composer Iván Acosta is interviewed by Ramón Espejo and Eva Cristina Vásquez. He discusses his early life in Cuba, and his departure for the United States in the early 1960s. He speaks of his creative work in theater and film, including his 1977 play El Súper, and various colleagues he has known and worked with during his career.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
Spanish, Castilian
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1528004318
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23678758
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23785727
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9aba6fd0-5ab8-013e-748b-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions

Item timeline of events

  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2025: Issued
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Iván Acosta" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2025. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03ede9c0-5b72-013e-6a58-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Iván Acosta" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03ede9c0-5b72-013e-6a58-0242ac110003

APA Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. (2025). Interview with Iván Acosta Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03ede9c0-5b72-013e-6a58-0242ac110003

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Interview with Iván Acosta