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Follies Follies
Follies (1971), a musical play by James Goldman (music), Stephen Sondheim (music, lyrics). [Winter Garden Theatre, 522 perf.; NYDCC Award.] With the Weismann Theatre under demolition, many of the aging performers who had played in the various editions of Weismann's Follies gather for a last,... Read more
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Erasmus Erasmus
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Wisdom of Solomon Wisdom of Solomon
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George White George White
White, George [né Weitz] (1890–1968), dancer, producer, and director. A New York native, he ran away from home to become a dancer, appearing in vaudeville and, between 1910 and 1918, in several Broadway musicals, including two editions of the Ziegfeld Follies. In 1919 White launched his... Read more
John Murray Anderson John Murray Anderson
Anderson, John Murray (1886–1954), director and producer. Coming to New York from his native Newfoundland, he started his career as a ballroom dancer, but before long he was serving as compère in cabaret revues and shortly thereafter began staging his own productions at Paul Slavin's... Read more
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Persius Persius
Persius or Aulus Persius Flaccus , AD 34-AD 62, Roman satirical poet, b. Etruria. A member of a distinguished family, he went to Rome in boyhood, was educated there, and came under the influence of the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, to whom he became attached in lasting friendship.... Read more
John Trumbull John Trumbull
John Trumbull 1750-1831, American poet, b. Westbury (now Watertown), Conn. He passed the entrance examinations to Yale when he was seven, but did not enter until he was thirteen. While tutoring at Yale he wrote The Progress of Dulness (1772-73), a satire on educational follies. In 1773 he... Read more
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