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Anderson, John Murray
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 Palais Royal. With Slavin's financial backing, he produced the first Greenwich Village Follies in 1919, with subsequent editions following each year through 1924. Anderson also produced and directed several other highly praised revues, notably What's in a Name (1920) and John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1929 and 1953). He served as lyricist for What's in a Name and all his Follies except the last, to which he contributed sketches. Among the many musicals he directed were the Music Box Revue (1924), Dearest Enemy (1925), Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, Life Begins at 8:40 (1934), Jumbo (1935), Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, One for the Money (1939), Two for the Show (1940), Ziegfeld Follies of 1943, Three to Make Ready (1946), and New Faces of 1952. Robert Baral has observed in his study, Revue, “John Murray Anderson achieved ravishing stage effects by stressing Simplicity and Taste, which on occasion rivaled Ziegfeld's opulence. Even burlap became exotic when he sprayed it with paint.” Anderson subtly created movement by coordinating color and design, and by experimenting with such innovations as revolving stages and treadmills. Autobiography: Out Without My Rubbers, 1954.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Anderson, John Murray." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Anderson, John Murray." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-AndersonJohnMurray.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Anderson, John Murray." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-AndersonJohnMurray.html |
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Anderson, John Murray
Anderson, John Murray, see REVUE.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Anderson, John Murray." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Anderson, John Murray." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-AndersonJohnMurray.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Anderson, John Murray." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-AndersonJohnMurray.html |
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