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Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies of 1919
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- Although his name is seldom heard in the same sentence as those of Florenz Ziegfeld , Max Reinhardt or Cameron Mackintosh , Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812) is, for me, one of the great (pardon the expression) unsung heroes of the musical. The friendship that he struck up with Leopold Mozart – and, more significantly with his son Wolfgang…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
- In 1895, Florenz Ziegfeld (1867-1932) was travelling in Europe, looking for a new star. He found one in Anna Held , who was under contract to the Folies-Bergère . After paying $1500 to buy her out of her contract, he took her to New York to star in his production of A Parlor Match . It was at Held’s suggestion that Ziegfeld presented an A…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
- Arturo Ui’ s quick closing allowed Roger DeKoven, who’d played “The Actor” in it, to join Styne’s next show: Funny Girl. DeKoven played Florenz Ziegfeld, the impresario who would become infuriated with Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand). He’d selected her as the centerpiece in a salute to weddings—which she sabotaged by pretending to be at le…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
- Lennart even wittily commented on that cliché: after big-time producer Florenz Ziegfeld summoned a just-starting-out Fanny to his office, she said, “It’s coming too easy, that’s what’s got me scared. Where’s all the suffering you’re supposed to do before you click? The hard knocks, the setbacks you’re supposed to learn from?”ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
- With the Follies of 1907 , showman Florenz Ziegfeld inaugurated the most celebrated and durable series of annual revues in the history of the Broadway theatre. From 1907 to 1931, there were 21 such entertainments designated as Follies (actually, there should have been 22, but the 1926 edition, due to a legal hassle, was initially called N…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
- Rio Rita was Florenz Ziegfeld’s premiere attraction at his Ziegfeld Theatre, then located on the northwest corner of 6th Avenue and 54th Street. In the spectacular production, Capt. James Stewart (J. Harold Murray) leads his Texas Rangers in the stirring “Rangers’ Song” as they chase a bank robber known as the Kinkajou. The pursuit takes…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
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