Reagan Fletcher
Archivist
100 Years of American Theatre
As Seen Through the Shubert Theatres and Dynasty
When Reagan Fletcher prepares and hand tailors a talk for a particular group, he draws from a fabulous array of material from within the Shubert Archive that documents the lives of Sam, Lee and J. J. Shubert, the over 600 plays, revues and musicals they produced, the stars they championed, and the theatres they owned and operated, which numbered over 200 before the Depression. Included in this abundance are remarkably detailed photographs of each of the Shubert’s theatres by architectural photographer Whitney Cox, playbills, song sheets, original costume and scene designs, publicity photos, corresponsdence and posters.
Reagan Fletcher’s speech topics include but are not limited to:
The Shubert Brothers – An All American Success Story, from Abject Poverty to the Longest Running Theatrical Empire.
The Shubert Theatres: An Overview and Honing In on the Winter Garden, the Belasco, the Lyceum, and the Shubert.
The Ballyhoo of Broadway – How Broadway Has Promoted Itself
Mr. Fletcher’s talks and informal conversations appeal to theatre lovers of all stripes, from college and university theatre majors, to elder seminars for those who have a lifetime experience as theatre- goers, to town hall or cruise ship audiences.
Reagan Fletcher has been associated with the Shubert Organization for the past twenty years as an archivist of the Shubert Archive and as Script Reader and Production Scout for the Shubert Organization. He has been production liaison for the Broadway productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, Lettice & Lovage, Tru and The Most Happy Fella.
He curated “The Ballyhoo of Broadway” at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Station and has been Talent Coordinator for the Tony Award Productions since 1989, while also serving as consultant to the Times Square Business Improvement District Tours of the Theatre District.
Mr. Fletcher has been a Guest Lecturer at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Hofstra University, and the YMCA Elderhostel, and is the founder of The Tech Collective, a support network for graduates of the Texas Tech University Department of Theatre and Dance residing in New York City. He has directed numerous shows at venues all over Manhattan and Brooklyn and in regional theatre. Reagan has appeared as Old King Cole in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade since 1995. Along the way he has written several articles for Theatre Week and The Passing Show.
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