Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)
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The Ziegfeld Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 1341 Sixth Avenue, corner of 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1927 and despite public protests, it was razed in 1966.
Ziegfeld Theatre during the run of Show Boat (1927–29)
Fragment of the Joseph Urban facade of the Ziegfeld Theatre
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
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Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies, inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris. He also produced the musica
Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)
…and despite public protests, it was razed in 1966. With a seating capacity of 1,638, the Ziegfeld Theatre was named for the famed Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., who built it with financial backing from William Randolph Hearst. Designed by Joseph Urban and Thomas W. Lamb, it opened February 2, 1927, with the…
Ziegfeld in 1928
The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles (poster), produced by Ziegfeld, (1894)
Caricature by Ralph Barton, 1925
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. in 1904