Florenz Ziegfeld - Broadway productions

Theatre manager, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He devised and perfected the American revue spectacle, based on the Folies Bergères, and his Follies of 1907 ran for 24 editions to 1943, making his name synonymous with extravagant theatrical production. The Follies featured a chorus line of some of America's most beautiful women, all personally chosen to ‘glorify the American girl’. He also produced a wide range of plays and other musical shows, such as Show Boat (1927) and Bitter Sweet (1929). Composers who worked with him included Irving Berlin, Gershwin, and Rogers, and the librettists Lardner and Hammerstein II.

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (March 21, 1869 – July 22, 1932) was an American Broadway impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies, based on the Folies Bergères of Paris. (Held, in fact, first suggested an American imitation of the Parisian Follies to Ziegfeld.) . In 1912, as Held's “advancing plumpness and a face which was showing signs of Gallic homeliness” began to interfere with Ziegfeld's marketing strategem, he divorced her amidst much publicity.

The Follies featured many performers who, though well-known from previous work in other theatrical genres, achieved unique financial success and publicity with Ziegfeld.

Ziegfeld produced other landmarks as well, including Show Boat. It was a great success, and in 1932, after Ziegfeld lost much of his money in the stock market crash, he staged a revival of Show Boat. Later that same year, Ziegfeld died from a lung infection related to pleurisy .

Broadway productions

A Parlor Match - 1893 The French Maid - 1897 Papa's Wife - 1899 The Little Duchess - 1901 Red Feather - 1903 Mam'selle Napoleon - 1903 Higgledy-Piggledy - 1904 Higgledy-Piggledy - 1905 The Parisian Model - 1906 The Follies of 1907 - 1907 The Parisian Model - 1908 The Soul Kiss - 1908 The Follies of 1908 - 1908 Miss Innocence - 1908 The Follies of 1909 - 1909 The Follies of 1910 - 1910 Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 - 1911 Over the River - 1912 A Winsome Widow - 1912 Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 - 1912 Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 - 1913 Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 - 1914 Ziegfeld Follies of 1915- 1915 Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 - 1916 The Century Girl - 1916 Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 - 1917 The Rescuing Angel - 1917 Miss 1917 - 1917 Night in Spain - 1917 Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 - 1918 By Pigeon Post - 1918 Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic - 1919 Caesar's Wife - 1919 Ziegfeld Girls of 1920 - 1920 Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 - 1920 Sally - 1920 Ziegfeld 9 O'clock Frolic - 1921 Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 - 1921 The Intimate Strangers - 1921 Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic - 1921 Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 - 1922 Rose Briar - 1922 Sally - 1923 Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 - 1923 Kid Boots - 1923 Ziegfeld Follies of 1924 - 1924 Annie Dear - 1924 Louis the 14th - 1925 Ziegfeld's Revue 'No Foolin' - 1926 Betsy - 1926 Rio Rita - 1927 Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 - 1927 Show Boat - 1927 Rosalie - 1928 The Three Musketeers - 1928 Whoopee! - 1928 Show Girl - 1929 Bitter Sweet - 1930 Simple Simon - 1930 Smiles - 1930 Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 - 1931 Hot-Cha! - 1932 Show Boat - 1932