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Greenwich Village Follies

Shows · Greenwich Village Follies

The Greenwich Village Follies was a musical revue that played for eight seasons in New York City from 1919 to 1927. Launched by John Murray Anderson, and opening on July 15, 1919, at the newly constructed Greenwich Village Theatre near Christopher Street, the show's success has been credited in part to its timing: as a non-union production, it was unaffected by the then-current actors' strike.

Opened
1919
Performances
232
Type
Revue
Era
Early
Music: A. Baldwin Sloane, VariousLyrics: Arthur Swanstrom, John Murray Anderson

Productions1 on Broadway

1919 Greenwich Village Theatre Original. July 15, 1919 · John Murray Anderson 232 performances

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A stylishly mounted, somewhat less elaborate variation on the Ziegfeld Follies format was the Greenwich Village Follies (Ziegfeld even threatened to sue over the use of the Follies name), which came along in 1919 and lasted through eight editions up to 1928. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p43

John Murray Anderson was among Broadway’s earliest jacks-of-all-trades. Anderson was the director of 33 revues and musicals, including 2 popular series, the Greenwich Village Follies and John Murray Anderson’s Almanac. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p45

Greenwich Village Follies of 1924 introduced “I’m in Love Again,” a moderate hit at the time. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p437

The Greenwich Village Follies returned to the theater on April 19, 1926, for its last edition. When it closed after 158 performances, it also marked the end of an era at the Winter Garden. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p587

JoHN Murray AN- DERSO N, responsible for the previous Follies and the Greenwich Village Follies, directed. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p588

The show, which was to be the 1928 edition of the GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES, was never produced. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p197

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