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Remember the Ladies: Airport named for Ziegfeld dancer

Muskogee Phoenix 28 May 2021
In the early 1900s, Dr. Henri and Elbertine Laird bought 160 acres west of Cheyenne ... Will Rogers introduced her to Florenz Ziegfeld, who was impressed with her beauty and childlike innocence and hired her immediately for his Ziegfeld Follies, where she played the vaudeville circuit all over the United States. She often danced while playing the harp! ... .
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Curtain falls on NYC's landmark Ziegfeld Theatre

CBS News 29 Apr 2021
One of the world's most prestigious movie palaces, noted for its gala red carpet premieres, closes its doors after 46 years ... .
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#87. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

Napa Valley Register 24 Apr 2021
... Ziegfeld Jr., a Broadway producer and impresario.
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1936: The Great Ziegfeld

Daily American 02 Dec 2020
- Quote. “Look at ya’. You’re workin’ for Mr. Ziegfeld now, and ya’ look like a million dollars. For the first time in your life, you’re class, ya’ mug.”- Character. Fanny Brice- Actor. Fanny BriceComedian and authentic Ziegfeld Follies star ... .
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Herbert Kretzmer, lyricist of Les Miserables, dead at 95

Wtop 14 Oct 2020
LONDON (AP) — Herbert Kretzmer, the journalist and lyricist best known for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, has died. He was 95. His family confirmed Wednesday that Kretzmer died after a long illness with Parkinson’s disease at the London home he shared with his second wife, Sybil Sever ... 22, 1963 ... Source .
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‘Gotham Refuses to Get Scared’: In 1918, Theaters Stayed Open

New York Times 14 Jul 2020
With an influenza pandemic and a war on, New York’s health commissioner took an unorthodox stand, declining to shutter public entertainment ... .
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Ziegfeld’s-Secrets ‘closed for good’

Washington Blade 01 May 2020
Ziegfeld’s-Secrets (Blade file photo by Michael Key). Ziegfeld’s-Secrets, the iconic institution of D.C ... “I just received a phone call that Ziegfeld’s-Secrets is officially closed for good,” she wrote ... Ziegfeld’s opened in 1980 but was displaced in 2006 when D.C.
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Poll: After Dave Chappelle, who should receive next Mark Twain Prize?

Wtop 29 Oct 2019
toggle audio on and off. change volume. download audio. November 29, 2019 . (Jason Fraley). Another year is in the books for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, as the Kennedy Center honored this year’s recipient Dave Chappelle Sunday night. So that begs the question. Who should be next year’s worthy recipient? ... 10 ... 9 ... 8 ... 7 ... 6 ... 5 ... 2 ... 1 ... Source .
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Ogden’s Ziegfeld Theater Company brings the magic of ‘Matilda’ to Park City

Park Record 06 Sep 2019
Parry’s love of the book gave her an acute insight that she was able to fall back on when she was selected to direct the Ziegfeld Theater Company’s production that will open Friday for a two-weekend run at the Egyptian Theatre ... Like the Broadway production, Ziegfeld Theater cast a man, Quinn Kapetanov, to fill Miss Trunchbull’s shoes and dresses.
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Ziegfeld Theater’s ‘A Chorus Line’ kicks up its heels for a three-weekend run at the ...

Park Record 04 Jul 2019
The story sets the stage for the characters to convey universal life experiences through their individual experiences, said Hansen, an Egyptian Theatre staffer who directs the Ziegfeld Theater Company’s production that will open on July 5 at the Egyptian Theatre.
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‘A Night at Switch n’ Play’ Film Review: Transgressive Drag Outshines Pedestrian Doc Direction

The Wrap 04 Jun 2019
Though its legacy of visibility is undeniable, it’s also true that it’s sanitized drag for basic cable ... Also Read ... Also Read ... Partly a stagehand but always part of the show, Zoe Ziegfeld (she/her/they/them) reinterprets female sexuality displaying her natural body hair as a statement and giving her outfits an aggressive edge ... Also Read.
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Ziegfeld Theater Company to make a splash in Park City with ‘Singin’ in the Rain’

Park Record 23 May 2019
Joshua Robinson envisioned his version of the Ziegfeld Theater Company’s “Singin’ in the Rain,” which opens Friday in Park City, to be a comforting night of entertainment ... Ziegfeld Theater Company’s “Singin’ in the Rain” will run for two weekends — Friday, May 24, to Sunday, May 26, and Thursday, May 30, to Sunday, June 2, at the Egyptian Theatre.
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