The Will Rogers Follies

E181996
Broadway musical musical revue

The Will Rogers Follies is a Broadway musical revue that celebrates the life and humor of American entertainer Will Rogers through lavish Ziegfeld-style production numbers.

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The Will Rogers Follies canonical 11
The Will Rogers Follies (Broadway musical, producer) 1
The Will Rogers Follies (musical) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical revue ⓘ
award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Choreography ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
basedOn life of Will Rogers ⓘ
bookBy Peter Stone ⓘ
broadwayClosingDate 1993-09-05 ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1991-05-01 ⓘ
character Betty Blake ⓘ
Clem Rogers ⓘ
Will Rogers ⓘ
Ziegfeld Girl ⓘ
surface form: Ziegfeld’s Favorite
choreographer Jeff Calhoun ⓘ
Tommy Tune ⓘ
composer Cy Coleman ⓘ
costumeDesigner Willa Kim ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Tommy Tune ⓘ
featuresStyle Ziegfeld-style production numbers ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
inspiredBy Ziegfeld Follies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lightingDesigner Jules Fisher ⓘ
lyricist Adolph Green ⓘ
Betty Comden ⓘ
mainSubject Will Rogers ⓘ
notableSong My Unknown Someone ⓘ
Our Favorite Son ⓘ
Will-a-Mania ⓘ
numberOfBroadwayPerformances 981 ⓘ
orchestrator Jonathan Tunick ⓘ
originalBroadwayStar Keith Carradine ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereDate 1991-05-01 ⓘ
premierePlace Palace Theatre ⓘ
producer Bill Haber ⓘ
James L. Nederlander ⓘ
surface form: James M. Nederlander

Joseph Harris ⓘ
Jujamcyn Theaters ⓘ
Martin Richards ⓘ
Pierre Cossette ⓘ
setDesigner Tony Walton ⓘ
setting Ziegfeld Follies-style stage ⓘ
subjectOccupation cowboy ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
humorist ⓘ
radio personality ⓘ
vaudeville performer ⓘ

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Marla Maples → notableWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
Betty Comden → notableWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
Adolph Green → notableWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
Adolph Green → workedOn → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Will Rogers Follies (musical)
Tommy Tune → notableWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
William Penn Adair Rogers → notableWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
Keith Carradine → notableWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
Keith Carradine → theatreWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
Martin Richards → notableWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Will Rogers Follies (Broadway musical, producer)
Elizabeth Cohen → notableWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden
Comden → notableWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden
Cy Coleman → notableWork → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
Peter Stone → wroteBookFor → The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ