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The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (often abbreviated TOFT), a unit of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, produces video recordings of New York and regional theater productions, and provides research access at its Lucille Lortel screening room. The core of the collection consists of live recordings of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, with some additional productions from professional regional theaters. The Archive also records interviews and dialogues with notable theater professionals. The Archive was established in 1970 by Betty L. Corwin, who served as its Director until her retirement in 2000. Ms. Corwin and the Archive were subsequently awarded a Special Tony Award for "Excellence in the Theatre" at the 55th Annual Tony Awards.〔Gordon Cox, "Broadway's Library Preserves Past", ;'Variety'' Aug2, 2010,〕 In 2001 Patrick Hoffman became TOFT Director. The collection maintains contracts with all theatrical unions and guilds, thus enabling clearances for the non-commercial videotaping of live theater. The collection is housed on the third floor of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The recordings may be viewed by anyone with a professional or research interest, but may not be reproduced. Users consist of theater professionals, students, scholars, journalists, critics, and other researchers. The majority of the collection is cataloged online and searchable by visiting the NYPL website, www.nypl.org. The collection is considered one of the most comprehensive collections of videotaped theater productions in the world.〔"After the Final Curtain, Act II," New York Times (June 9, 2013).〕 Archives modeled on TOFT include the Museum of Performance & Design in San Francisco, the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive established in Washington, D.C., and the National Video Archive of Performance in London. ==Production and preservation== Productions are recorded during a regular performance with an audience, are edited live, and are intended to represent as closely as possible a typical performance as seen in the theater. In addition to live performances, commercial recordings of theater-related films, documentaries, and television programs are also included in the collection. Currently between 50 - 60 live recordings are produced each year, covering most important productions. As of the 2013 annual report, the collection included 7,469 titles, a total of 20,000 items〔2013 Annual Report〕 Original recordings were made on professional videotape formats spanning the past 40 years, and now on digital videotape. Current productions are recorded on Digi-Beta and DVCam digital videotape if shot in standard definition, or on high-definition digital video. The recordings are transferred to DVD playback copies for viewing. Early analog recordings are transferred to digital formats as funding allows.〔〔2013 Annual Report〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theatre on Film and Tape Archive」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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