Research Catalog

Title

Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 / music by Vernon Duke ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; sketches by David Freedman & Ira Gershwin ; adapted by Mark Waldrop, 1999.

Author

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969

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Details

Additional Authors

• City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.), producer
• Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983
• Freedman, David, 1898-1936
• Waldrop, Mark
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
• Ebersole, Christine
• Henshall, Ruthie
• McGillin, Howard
• Chamberlin, Kevin, 1963-

Description

[3, 86] leaves; 28 cm.

Uniform Title

Encores! Great American musicals in concert.

Subject

• Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932
• Musical theater > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

Scripts.

Note

• In Act I, Scene 12, leaf 2 is missing.

Biography (note)

• Producer Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld (1869-1932) staged his first musical comedy revue, The Follies, in 1907, and continued to present a new edition of the show annually for most of the next twenty-five years. The series' name was changed officially to The Ziegfeld Follies in 1911. After Ziegfeld's death, sporadic attempts were made by other hands to revive the series; The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 was one such production.

Call Number

NCOF+ 10-8324

OCLC

707687021

Author

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969.

Title

Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 / music by Vernon Duke ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; sketches by David Freedman & Ira Gershwin ; adapted by Mark Waldrop, 1999.

Summary

Typescript, dated Mar. 12, 1999. Lacks music. Heavily marked with colored ink and highlighter by the videographer. Used by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive on Mar. 26, 1999, when videotaping the Encores! production at City Center, New York, N.Y. The production opened on Mar. 25, 1999, and was directed by Mark Waldrop. It featured Christine Ebersole, Ruthie Henshall, Howard McGillin, and Kevin Chamberlin.

Biography

Producer Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld (1869-1932) staged his first musical comedy revue, The Follies, in 1907, and continued to present a new edition of the show annually for most of the next twenty-five years. The series' name was changed officially to The Ziegfeld Follies in 1911. After Ziegfeld's death, sporadic attempts were made by other hands to revive the series; The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 was one such production.

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Added Author

City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.), producer.

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, librettist

Freedman, David, 1898-1936, librettist.

Waldrop, Mark, director.

Waldrop, Mark, adapter.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Ebersole, Christine, performer.

Henshall, Ruthie, performer.

McGillin, Howard, performer.

Chamberlin, Kevin, 1963- performer.

Added Title

Encores! Great American musicals in concert.

Research Call Number

NCOF+ 10-8324