Florenz Ziegfeld was born in Chicago Illinois on March 15th, 1867 being one of the four siblings. He was in a very loved but strict home as a kid, he grew up and was a rather interesting kid. However he always had the type of stardom in his blood to get peoples attention, he even told kids to come see “The invisible fish” which was in reality just a glass bowl filled with water. (www.imdb.com) As he got older, and famous, you realize that events like that and the little skits that he put on shaped
such as having multiple performances nearly every day of the week, having productions that tour the nation in hopes of attracting more audiences, and having large casts and orchestras (Cohen 248). 2. Who was Florenz Ziegfeld and what were his productions like? (p.245) (249) Florenz Ziegfeld is described in the text as an American performer who dabbled in vaudeville and burlesque, whose productions involved music, comedy, and various other forms of entertainment (Cohen 249). He was an influential
Egbert Austin Williams better known as Bert, was an African American performer during the late 19th and early 20th century. He was born in Nassau, Bahamas on November 12, 1874. He was the child of Frederick, who was a sailor and his mother Julia. When Williams was 11 he and his family moved to Riverside in southern California. While in Nassau, Williams encountered very little racism, southern California however was a much different story which troubled him deeply throughout his lustrous career. Although
A Biography of Josephine Baker Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine MacDonald in St. Louis, Missouri to her unwed parents: Carrie McDonald and Eddie Carson. Her father soon left the family and Josephine had to help her mother support herself and her three younger half-siblings. At age eight, she got a job working as a maid for a white family (Robinson). At age 12, she had dropped out of school to work. By age 14, she had moved out, been married, and separated from her first husband.
influenced by the works of Florenz Ziegfeld and his new look on entertainment in theatre. Flo was a great proponent of the “glorification of the american girl” setting the “standard of the time for female sexuality”. (Kantor) In the nearly two dozen variations on the theme between 1907 and 1931 he set forth refined ideas of what makes a female beautiful, and how to make them as beautiful as they could be. This era of middle-class american entertainment was what made the Ziegfeld Follies a memorable history
ultimately creating what we know today as the Great White Way. Episode 1: Give My Regards to Broadway Dating back to 1893, this episode highlights Florenz Ziegfeld. Ziegfeld, individually, demonstrates the evolution of musical theater. His creation of the Ziegfeld Follies introduced a new aura to the New York City scene. Featuring many proclaimed performers, Ziegfeld shows were stage spectaculars - from costume
Throughout the 1920s many things changed in the United States along with other countries. When World War 1 ended, some many countries struggled economically, but the United States was not one of them. At the time America was in a happy state with good economic standing. Since the U.S. was doing so well people were able to work less and enjoy more leisure activities such as sports, music on the radio, movies and Broadway theatre. Before the 1920s theatre was mainly for the rich and was not wildly
During the roaring twenties, there were huge advances in the entertainment industry. Businesses were booming and Americans were developing a fondness for a new, faster type of lifestyle. It was a time for stepping out of the line and defying the social norms of previous times, especially for women and African Americans. Women were becoming more independent and gaining rights while African Americans were expressing a strong sense of their cultural individuality through music. The 1920’s were booming
Noble Sissle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 10, 1889. His early interest in music came from his father, a minister and organist. The Sissles moved to Cleveland when Noble was 17, and in 1908, before graduating from high school, he joined a male quartet for a four-week run of the Midwest vaudeville circuit. After graduating, he joined a gospel quartet for a tour on the same circuit. 1. Riding the wave of new interest in black entertainers brought on by the success of James Reese Europe
in 1927 Show Boat was presented by Florenz Ziegfeld (1867-1932) in 1927. Ziegfeld was an American Broadway impresario. Show Boat was unlike anything he had ever produced before. Jerome Kern (1885-1945), one of the most important American Composers in the 20th century, came up with the idea of adapting Edna Ferber’s novel “Show Boat” into a musical with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein (1895-1960). When he approached Ziegfeld to produce Show Boat, Ziegfeld agreed to work on the show. This was unexpected
Israel Isidore Baline was born in the Russian village of Tyumen on May 11th, 1888. His family left in the mid 1890s to escape the persecution of the Jewish community and settled in New York City (biography.com). Israel dropped out of school at age thirteen (Kenrick 143). Baline was a street singer as a teen and in 1906 he got a job as a singing waiter in Chinatown (biography.com). The first song he ever had published was called “Marie From Sunny Italy” (biography.com). He wrote it in 1907 with Nick
History of Musical Theatre Outline Musical theatre is a unique adaptation to the classical western theatre utilizing music, song, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance to convey the humor, pathos, love, anger, and all the other possible feelings of the human experience ad infinitum. This is perfectly described by an E.Y. Harburg quote, a favorite of my own professor and famous producer, Stuart Ostrow, “Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.”