Word: ziegfelds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Probably the most spectacular feature of a successful theatre season in Manhattan has been the gigantic and prolonged good fortune of that wise and prolific producer of plays, Florenz Ziegfeld. Three (Rosalie, The Three Musketeers, Show Boat) of the five shows which he has sponsored since the autumn were playing last week to capacity houses. With the possible exception of The Theatre Guild, no other producer has scored so heavily this winter. Without exception, no other producer has ever enjoyed such consistently large revenues from his theatrical ventures...
With regard to Mr. Ziegfeld, much has been said by himself and others. This can be briefly summarized as follows...
...late Dr. Florenz Ziegfeld, who was the founder and president of the Chicago Musical College...
...last year a theatre as imposing as a village bank and far more handsome. Departing from the old desk above the New Amsterdam Theatre, at which every important theatrical person, with the exception of Lee Shubert, has stood at one time or another during the last two decades, Mr. Ziegfeld moved his scenery into an airy office four floors above the entrance of the new theatre...
With regard to Mr. Ziegfeld's business, many a curious one has asked questions to which replies are as follows...