Operetta Research Center » Florenz Ziegfeld http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Magic Mike Live. Or: What About The Objectification Of Men In Operetta? http://operetta-research-center.org/magic-mike-live-objectification-men-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/magic-mike-live-objectification-men-operetta/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2018 10:44:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15649 In a recent article for The Times, Jamie Stoker reported on casting for London’s Magic Mike Live. The headline says

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/magic-mike-live-objectification-men-operetta/feed/ 0 “Like Rheingold, But With More Tunes”: Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” At The National Theatre http://operetta-research-center.org/stephen-sondheims-follies-national-theatre/ http://operetta-research-center.org/stephen-sondheims-follies-national-theatre/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2017 07:24:27 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12886 There are a few ‘musicals’ written in the last seventy years which, because of both the specific quality of their

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/stephen-sondheims-follies-national-theatre/feed/ 7 Re-Sampling A Legend: “Ziegfeld And His Follies” By Cynthia And Sara Brideson http://operetta-research-center.org/re-sampling-legend-ziegfeld-follies-cynthia-sara-brideson/ http://operetta-research-center.org/re-sampling-legend-ziegfeld-follies-cynthia-sara-brideson/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:50:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11171 Here is a splashy new biography of “Broadway’s Greatest Producer,” Florenz Ziegfeld, written by the team of the Brideson sisters,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/re-sampling-legend-ziegfeld-follies-cynthia-sara-brideson/feed/ 1 “Girls With No Clothes To Speak Of”: Broadway-Operetta Then And Now http://operetta-research-center.org/girls-clothes-speak-operetta-broadway-now/ http://operetta-research-center.org/girls-clothes-speak-operetta-broadway-now/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:13:30 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7117 There is a renewed interest in operetta internationally, not just the French and Austrian variety of the genre, but also

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/girls-clothes-speak-operetta-broadway-now/feed/ 0 SHOW BOAT: Musical Play in 2 Acts http://operetta-research-center.org/show-boat-musical-play-2-acts/ http://operetta-research-center.org/show-boat-musical-play-2-acts/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:53:06 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=4800 One of the most successful romantic musical plays of the 1920s, Show Boat (Ziegfeld Theater, New York, 27 December 1927)

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