Ziegfeld was truly a great american broadway producer but it goes beyond telling the life story of ziegfeld it relates the life of others greats including fanny brice irving berlin w c fields will rogers barbara stanwyck george and ira gershwin billie burke and fred astaire to name a few. Though theziegfeld follieshad made ziegfeld his own greatest star on broadway he knew that his professional future lay in musical comedy nothing better convinced him of this fact than the critical reaction to his follies of 1923 which opened at the new amsterdam theatre on october 20 1923. Get this from a library ziegfeld and his follies a biography of broadways greatest producer cynthia brideson sara brideson the name florenz ziegfeld jr 1867 1932 is synonymous with the decadent revues that the legendary impresario produced at the turn of the twentieth century these extravagant performances were . ziegfeld and his follies is the best biography of ziegfeld it goes beyond him as an institution and explores the person of ziegfeld washington book review for those with an interest in theatrical history the new book will recommend itself as the first detailed biography of ziegfeld in four decades. Top news stories ziegfeld and his follies a biography of broadways greatest producer by cynthia brideson and sara brideson flo ziegfeld jr his name alone conjures up images of decadent broadway revues extravagant costumes and most of all beautiful women