biography
pronunciation:
[zeegfeld]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1869–1932)
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| biography:
| 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. |
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