Todd, Michael
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Todd, Michael [né Avrom Goldbogen] (1907–58), producer. The flamboyant showman was born in Minneapolis and first called attention to himself with his productions at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. His first Broadway offering,
Call Me Ziggy (1937), was a three‐performance failure, and he did not begin to make a name until his mounting in 1939 of
The Hot Mikado. Todd enjoyed a long run with
Star and Garter (1942) and with such subsequent musicals as
Something for the Boys (1943),
Mexican Hayride (1944),
Up in Central Park (1945),
As the Girls Go (1948), and
Michael Todd's Peep Show (1950). Most of his musical productions were perceived as glorified burlesque, with an emphasis on scantily clad, beautiful girls and gaudy sets and costumes. Among his nonmusical offerings were
Pick‐Up Girl (1944), Mae
West's vehicle
Catherine Was Great (1944), and Maurice
Evans's
Hamlet (1945). Biography:
A Valuable Property, Michael Todd Jr. and Susan McCarthy Todd, 1983.
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