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Scene with Actor Cleavant Derricks (L) and Actress Loretta Devine (R) leaning on his shoulder during Broadway show "Big Deal"

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Billy Rose Theatre Division

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Martha Swope photographs

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Series VI. Digitized slides and mounted negatives

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Theater (and other show titles)

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Scene with Actor Cleavant Derricks (L) and Actress Loretta Devine (R) leaning on his shoulder during Broadway show "Big Deal"

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Title
Scene with Actor Cleavant Derricks (L) and Actress Loretta Devine (R) leaning on his shoulder during Broadway show "Big Deal"
Names
Swope, Martha (Photographer)
Collection

Martha Swope photographs

Series VI. Digitized slides and mounted negatives

Theater (and other show titles)

Big deal

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1986
Date Created: 1986
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-VIM 2010-048
Topics
Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987. Big deal
Theatrical productions
Musicals
Derricks, Cleavant
Devine, Loretta
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Original location: TC 78750
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19790133
MSS Unit ID: 22827
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6c5ab670-667b-0136-2411-259af1c32d6a
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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

  • 1986: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Scene with Actor Cleavant Derricks (L) and Actress Loretta Devine (R) leaning on his shoulder during Broadway show "Big Deal"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1986. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72a1afc0-667b-0136-fdc7-31d66755499b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Scene with Actor Cleavant Derricks (L) and Actress Loretta Devine (R) leaning on his shoulder during Broadway show "Big Deal"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 8, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72a1afc0-667b-0136-fdc7-31d66755499b

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1986). Scene with Actor Cleavant Derricks (L) and Actress Loretta Devine (R) leaning on his shoulder during Broadway show "Big Deal" Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72a1afc0-667b-0136-fdc7-31d66755499b

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72a1afc0-667b-0136-fdc7-31d66755499b | title= (still image) Scene with Actor Cleavant Derricks (L) and Actress Loretta Devine (R) leaning on his shoulder during Broadway show "Big Deal", (1986)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=October 8, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Scene with Actor Cleavant Derricks (L) and Actress Loretta Devine (R) leaning on his shoulder during Broadway show "Big Deal"