Tanya Bickley Enterprises
Reagan Fletcher


Reagan Fletcher
Archivist, Theatrical Director, Speaker
100 Years of American Theatre
As Seen Through the Shubert Theatres and Dynasty

Reagan Fletcher delights theatre lovers and Broadway buffs, wherever they may be, with his talks. Drawing upon a fabulous array of material from 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, Reagan can easily hand tailor his presentation to your express wishes.

Included in the abundance at his fingertips 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, correspondence 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 twenty-five 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 performance 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.

 


    Tanya Bickley Enterprises, Inc.
    P. O. Box 1656
    249 Old Stamford Road (for express deliveries)
    New Canaan, CT 06840
    TEL: (203) 966-5216
    FAX: (203) 966-6340
    tbickley@optonline.net

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