Shows · J. C. Huffman
Jesse C. Huffman (1869–1935) was an American theatrical director. Between 1906 and 1932 he directed or staged over 200 shows, mostly for the Shubert Brothers. Many of them were musical revues, musicals or operettas. He is known for The Passing Show series of revues that he staged from 1914 to 1924 at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, daring alternatives to the Ziegfeld Follies.
Also credited on10 works
Blossom Time
Countess Maritza
June Days
Sinbad
The Rose Girl
The Student Prince In Heidelberg
Ziegfeld Follies
Greenwich Village Follies
Irene
Paris
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- At a time when it was not uncommon for musicals to be built around the talents of one individual, no shows were more vehicular than those created to spotlight the exuberant personality of “Mammy” singer Al Jolson. Though they had large casts, such extravaganzas as Robinson Crusoe, Jr . (1916), Sinbad, Bombo (1921), and Big Boy (1925) were…Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell
- A stylishly mounted, somewhat less elaborate variation on the Ziegfeld Follies format was the Greenwich Village Follies (Ziegfeld even threatened to sue over the use of the Follies name), which came along in 1919 and lasted through eight editions up to 1928. The guiding light was director John Murray Anderson, who made his professional de…Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell
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