About the project

May 1 – September 28, 2024

Photo Call: The Theater Photos of Joan Marcus and Carol Rosegg featured an extensive selection of the many theater productions Marcus and Rosegg have photographed over the past four decades, and told some of their fascinating and unique stories of their experiences capturing some of Broadway’s most iconic images. The exhibition demonstrated the vast breadth of their work and the shows they captured, and, in some cases, their photographs are the only documentation we have of these productions. The show also captured the photographers’ transition from analog to digital photography.

The exhibition highlighted shows like Avenue Q, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Finding Neverland, Hamilton, Les Misérables, The Lion King, and Wicked—as well as many more of Broadway and Off Broadway’s biggest hits since the 1980s.

Curated by Doug Reside, the Lewis and Dorothy Cullman Curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Division, in collaboration with Marcus and Rosegg themselves, Photo Call was the first major exhibition of the two photographers who shared a Chelsea studio for many years while building their separate careers.

Exhibition Design: Christine Rung
Graphic Design: Adam Cohen