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Jack GelberThe ConnectionNew York: The Living Theatre, ca 1959. Flyer. 8 ½ x 11 in. Offset. Clean example with light bumping to corners and edges; small nick to right edge.Directed by Judith Malina, designed by Julian Beck, written by Jack Gelber, and with music by Freddie Red, the Connection followings a theatrical producer and writer as they attempt to stage a play following the lives of various drug addicts and inhabitants of the New York Demi-monde. The play consists of conversations between the characters as they wait around to score. It won three Obie awards in 1959-1960, including best new play, best all-around production, and best actor. An early flyer, though flyers for the first production featured a much more simple design.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

The Living Theatre — The Connection

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Steve Reich "Drumming / Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ / Six Pianos" flyerNew York: Steve Reich, 1974. Offset. 11 x 8 1/2 in.Flyer advertising minimalist composer Steve Reich's 3 LP boxed set, "Drumming / Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ / Six Pianos."Issued by Deutsche Grammophon in 1974, this box set brought together three of Reich's major works from the early 1970s. The iconic four-part score, "Drumming," was Reich's longest ever composition and represented the final refinement of the phasing process. "Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ" features a simple pattern played by different instruments in interrelated rhythmic processes inspired by non-Western music that characterized his compositions in this period. "Six Pianos," meanwhile, was envisioned as "a piece for all the pianos in a pianos store," according to Reich.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Steve Reich "Drumming / Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ / Six Pianos" flyer

Jack SmithFlaming Creatures at the Tivoli TheatreNew York: Tivoli Theatre, [1963]. Offset. 9 x 11 ½ in. Light discoloration; clean example.Flaming Creatures was a film by the underground filmmaker Jack Smith that premiered in 1963 and became the center of a highly publicized obscenity trial. This flyer is for a screening at the Tivoli Theatre in December 1963, just months before the arrests and trial that would make the film a cause célèbre of the underground film community. During its third showing at the Tivoli in March of 1964, the film was seized by the police and Jonas Mekas, Ken Jacobs, and Florence Karpf were arrested for organizing the screening.The flyer also notes that rushes from Normal Love would be screened as part of the program. By 1964, Smith’s ethic of total resistance to codification and commercialization led him to only screen Normal Love as a live performance in which he would recut the filmstrip, feed sections back through the projector, play different records from his collection, and otherwise refuse to ever create a conventionally “finished” film.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Jack Smith – Flaming Creatures at the Tivoli Theatre

The Living TheatreThe Living Theatre Program: I &amp; INew York: The Living Theatre, 1989. Offset. Saddle-stapled. 19 pp. 8 ½ x 5 ½ in. A very clean copy.Scarce playbill for I &amp; I by Jewish German poet and playwright Else Lasker-Schuler, directed by Judith Malina and performed by The Living Theatre. The center of the playbill cover design is a drawing of the ancient Greek prophet, Orpheus, by Jean Cocteau which has been used as a signet for The Living Theatre since 1952. Includes a new foreword by Judith Malina and graphic advertisements of local New York City institutions.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

The Living Theatre I & I Program

Jean VilarThe Living Theatre – Avignon XXII FestivalAvignon, France: The Living Theatre, 1968. Enclosing program folder in wraps measuring 8 ½ x 11 in. containing 1black &amp; white fold-out poster (6 x 20 ½ in.), double-sided handbill (8 x 10 ¼ in.), 7 pp playbill with text printed in French (8 x 10 ¼ in.), and festival playbill with text printed in French (6 ¾ x 9 in.). All offset. Clean examples, with light bumping to exteriors.Program folder including contents archiving the performances held at the 22nd Avignon Festival in Avignon, France highlighting The Living Theatre’s, Paradise Now, an experimental play performed at Cloitre des Carmes in July and August of 1968. The Living Theatre spent four months in Avignon creating, performing, and engaging with locals and artists from around the world. The program includes a fold-out poster illustrating Paradise Now through a hand drawing of the anatomy of a man and woman with French text beneath reading “This map is the map / the essential journey is the journey of plurality to unity / the plot is revolution."Also includes a black and white photographic handbill of the play Mysteries and smaller pieces, a photographic playbill of Antigone, and a mimeographed concert bill outlining the events of the entire festival. Mimeographed in deep green ink festival logo on folder cover.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

The Living Theatre – Avignon XXII Festival Folder

Film-Makers' CinemathequeFilm-makers’ Cinematheque December 18, 1965—January 1, 1966 Program [Brian DePalma, Fritz Lang]New York: Filmmaker's Cinematheque, [1965]. 17 x 8 ½ in. Offset. Horizontal crease.Movies featured during this time were four films by Fritz Lang, Quixote by Bruce Baillie, as well as a new year show by Harry Smith that included Early Abstractions, Heaven and Earth Magic, and Late Impositions.The Film-Makers' Cinematheque was started in New York City by Jonas Mekas in 1964 as a space for avant-garde and experimental cinema screenings and community gatherings. Runs at the cinematheque included films by Warhol, Brian DePalma, Fritz Lang, Jack Smith, Kenneth Anger, and more.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Film-makers’ Cinematheque Dec 18, 1965–Jan 1, 1966 Program

Wallace BermanSecond Los Angeles Film-makers FestivalLos Angeles: Los Angeles Filmmaker's Festival, 1963. Offset from collage and manuscript. 12 1⁄2 x 17 1⁄2 in. Lines from folding, light bumping, and toning from age; else clean example.A striking poster designed in Wallace Berman’s singular style, promoting the Second Los Angeles Filmmaker’s Festival at the Cinema Theater on February 12, 1963. In this poster Berman used his signature collaged images to narrative effect, its composition creating a sense of movement reminiscent of a motion picture.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Wallace Berman – Second Los Angeles Film-makers Festival

Joe DeraWhy Mr. McCartney did not attend the Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame dinnerNew York: Rogers &amp; Cowan, Inc.: 1988. Xerox. 11 x 8 1/2 in. Bumped; with light discoloration.Moments before the third annual Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame induction dinner was set to begin, a representative for Paul McCartney circulated a memo stating that the Beatle would not be joining former bandmates George Harrison and Ringo Starr at the ceremony. The stated reason was "business problems" with the band's surviving members and their one-time record company, Apple.McCartney's written statement is a masterclass in petty drama: "I was keen to go to [the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame ceremony] and pick up my award, but after twenty years the Beatles still have some business differences which I had hoped would have been settled by now. Unfortunately, they haven’t been, so I would feel like a complete hypocrite waving and smiling with them [George Harrison and Ringo Starr] at a fake reunion.”Many were excitedly anticipating the Beatles' first public appearance together in more than 20 years, including fellow inductee Mike Love of the Beach Boys, who jabbed McCartney and his absence during his acceptance speech.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Why Mr. McCartney did not attend the Rock’n Roll Hall of Fame dinner

John Peel Want ListNp: nd. 8 1⁄2 x 5 1/2 in. Offset on yellow paper with holograph list to verso.A flyer for a performance by US Bombs at The Continental Club. You yawn, but on the verso is a handwritten five-item want list and John Peel’s address. We hope he’s found that Dean Hightower LP by now.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

The Living Theatre — The Connection

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