Description: This is a rare promotional set of brass cymbals from the Third Annual Revusical Comedy "THE GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES" at New York's Sam S. Shubert Theatre. (The production opened August 31st, 1921 and ran for 167 performances.) ..... The Greenwich Village Theatre was located between Christopher Street and West Fourth Street across from Sheridan Square. The theater opened as a neighborhood playhouse in November of 1917 and was built by Maguerite Abbott Barker. The first shows were so good that they attracted uptown audiences downtown in droves. The one thing responsible for putting the theatre on the map was "THE GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES", a "Revusical Comedy of New York's Latin Quarter", invented and produced for the stage by JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON. In these Pre and Post World War One days, the lavish Broadway playhouses competed with more and more money to stage the biggest and most dazzling shows. Murray had no money, but all the talent he needed to create the very concept of the intimate revue of New York City. The first "Follies" of Greenwich Village opened in July of 1919. It wasn't long before a "Sold Out" sign hung in the box office window. After a six week run the show moved uptown to Broadway, which no other Village production had ever managed to do before. A second "Follies" was spun by Anderson for the 1920 season, and like the first, it also moved to a Broadway house. From then on the "Follies" became a Broadway only production and renewed itself annually throughout the 1920's. (Reprinted in part from the Greenwich Village Gazette website) ..... The cast included TED LEWIS, IRENE FRANKLIN, FLORENCE NORMAND, ROBERT PITKIN, ADDIE ROLFE, AL HERMAN, ROBERT CASTLETON, HAMILTON CONDON, EVELYN DARVILLE, JACK VINCENT, CORONE PAYNTER, BILLIE WESTON, MARGUERITE YOUNG, DOLORES PETERS, ANNA MAE CLIFT, BETTY LINN, WINIFRED VERINA, POLLY PLATT, LOU GOREY, DOROTHY DREW, ALDEN GAY, RICHARD BOLD, ROSALIND FULLER, VALODIA VESTOFF, JAMES WATTS, PEGGY HOPE, DONALD KERR, JEAN ARUNDEL, VILDHELDA, DEVAH WORRELL, JULIA PARKER, MARGERT PETIT, ELIZABETH NORTH, TRILBT CLARKE, LOUISE POWELL, PEGGY MATHEWS, BETTY LINN, TARZANNE, BIRD MILLMAN and BASIL SMITH ..... CREDITS: Music by CAREY MORGAN; Book and Lyrics by JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON; Featuring songs by H. F. MALTBY, PERCY WENRICH, GRETCHEN EASTMAN, OLIVER HERFORD, BURTON GREEN and H. I. PHILLIPS; Scenery and Costumes designed by ROBERT LOCHER and JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON; Directed by JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON; Produced by THE BOHEMIANS, INC. ..... DETAILS: The brass cymbals each measure 5 1/2" inches in diameter and have "Greenwich Village Follies 1921 - Symbol of Success" embossed in raised letters. One of them has a leather strap attached. The other is missing the strap ..... CONDITION: With the exception of scratch and rust marks on both sides, this rare set is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This set will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and bubble wrapped for safe transport.
Price: 129.99 USD
Location: Cannon Beach, Oregon
End Time: 2024-12-08T01:47:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Industry: Theater
Product: Promotional Merchandise
Genre: Broadway Musical Revue
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original / Reproduction: Original - U.S.
Date: 1920 - 1929
