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Credits & Acknowledgments Public Programs Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. The Great American Revue: How Florenz Ziegfeld, George White and their Rivals Remade Broadway is a project of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: Jacqueline Z. Davis, Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director; and curated by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Curator of Exhibitions, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and Karen Nickeson, Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, with the collaboration of many LPA staff members. It was developed and installed by installed by The Library’s Performing Arts Museum staff: Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Curator of Exhibitions; Caitlin Mack, designer; and installers Rene Ronda and Herbert Ruiz; Michael Diekmann, Manager of Media Playback and Interactive Design. Panels developed by Gary Flannery with Cheryl Raymond, Manager of Public Programs; Film programming by John Calhoun, Reserve Film & Video Collection. Artifacts and media from the Research Divisions of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Additional material from the Gary Flannery Collection. Our thanks to Jane Lahr and Lyn DelliQuadri for their support of this project. We thank the staff for their support and assistance on this exhibition and the ongoing preservation of artifacts from the revues. We are grateful to the volunteers and interns who have contributed to this project: Mana Allen, Claire Barco, Daphne Delacruz, Susan Donahue, Victoria Flexner, Kristin Holzer, Stephanie Liff, Clementine Martinez, Allison Mikulewich, Hannah Orlove, Daniel Pecoraro, Christina Ramos, Lauren Reinhalter, Samantha Shaffer, Sarah Shears, Emma Winter Zeig, and Christine Zhu. Programs take place in the Bruno Walter Auditorium. Admission is free and on a first come, first served basis. For Sunday afternoon programs, please enter by 111 Amsterdam Avenue just south of 65 th Street; doors open 30 minutes prior to the program. For further information about programs, call 212.642.0142. May 2 Great American Revue composers like Gershwin, Berlin, Porter, Rodgers, and De Sylva, Brown & Henderson changed music in America and around the world by setting new standards for Broadway and Hollywood scores. Take a musical journey with cabaret artist Steve Ross through 4 decades of songs brought to you by the Great American Revues. Featuring: Peter Mintun, Stephen Cole, and Nicholas Wuehrmann & the Grads. June 13 Dance in the American Revue, like the Roaring Twenties themselves, was buoyant, frantic, and full of ingenuity, creating trends that exist to this day. While the Castles and the Astaires brought the art form to domestic parlors, ballrooms were full of Flappers invited to “Charleston” their way to happiness! Join our hosts, legendary dancers Marge Champion and Gary Flannery for an energetic evening with costumed Ziegfeld re-creations and demonstrations of the Era’s dance crazes by Jerry Mitchell and the Broadway Bares Company. June 20 The pioneers of the Great American Revue forever changed musical theater and film, and began revolutions in popular culture around the world. How did they do it? Ziegfeld, White, Carroll, Berlin, Dillingham, Rose, Todd, and the Shuberts are just some of the names to be discussed and honored by our renowned panel. Hosted by Bob Kimball, with Ken Bloom, Joe Franklin, and Laurence Maslon.
Hollywood's Rave Revues Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m. A series of early sound films and short subjects focusing on the revues of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., George White and others, programmed by John Calhoun of the Reserve Film and Video Collection. All Vitaphone shorts thanks to Ron Hutchinson of The Vitaphone Project. April 24 George White's 1935 Scandals (1935) Directed by George White, 84 min. with George White, Alice Faye, James Dunn, Eleanor Powell screening with Faint Heart (1928) Produced by the Vitaphone Corporation, 20 min. with Bert Lahr May 1 Glorifying the American Girl (1929) Directed by Millard Webb, 95 min. with Mary Eaton, Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee screening with My Bag o’ Trix (1929) Produced by the Vitaphone Corporation, 10 min. with Trixie Friganza The Song Plugger (1930) Produced by the Vitaphone Corporation, 10 min. with Joe Frisco May 8 On With the Show! (1929) Directed by Alan Crosland, 104 min. with Arthur Lake, Betty Compson, Joe E. Brown, Ethel Waters screening with Good Morning, Eve! (1934) Produced by the Vitaphone Corporation, 20 min. with Leon Errol, June MacCloy May 15 King of Jazz (1930) Directed by John Murray Anderson, 98 min. with Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante, The Rhythm Boys screening with Going Places (1930) Produced by the Vitaphone Corporation, 10 min. with Al Shaw, Sam Lee May 22 Flying High (1931) Directed by Charles Reisner, 80 min. with Bert Lahr, Charlotte Greenwood, Pat O’Brien. screening with The Gigolo Racket (1931) Produced by the Vitaphone Corporation, 20 min. with Helen Morgan May 29 Murder at the Vanities (1934) Directed by Mitchell Leisen, 89 min. with Carl Brisson, Jack Oakie, Victor McLaglen, Kitty Carlisle. screening with Metro Movietone Revue (1929) Produced by the Vitaphone Corporation, 20 min. with Harry Rose Sisters G in the King of Jazz.
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