George M. Cohan

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/8/23 – ZIEGFELD FOLLIES DAY!

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Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first one on the Roof Theater called Jardin de Paris on Broadway on July 8, 1907, beginning a 30-year run and making today NATIONAL ZIEGFELD FOLLIES DAY!  Inspired by Paris’ Follies Bergere, showman Florence Ziegfeld conceived and produced lavish revues featuring dozens of beautiful dancers and chorus girls (the legendary Ziegfeld …

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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/3/23 – YANKEE DOODLE DANDY DAY!

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Okay, George M. Cohan wasn’t born on the 4th of July, but close enough, and he didn’t singlehandedly invent the Broadway Musical, but close enough to call today NATIONAL YANKEE DOODLE DANDY DAY! Born a showman to a family of show people in Providence, Rhode Island on July 3, 1878, George M. Cohan was performing …

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