Check the listing for details. Blossom Seeley "GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES" Benny Fields 1928 Chicago Program. Listed at 49.99 USD. This is a rare September 2nd, 1928 program (playbill) from the Post-Broadway engagement of the Eighth and final edition of the New York Latin Quarter Revusical Comedy "THE GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES" at the Grand Opera House in Chicago, Illinois. (The production opened April 9th, 1928 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City and ran for 128 performances before going on the road.) ..... The Greenwich Village Theatre was located between Christopher Street and West Fourth Street across from Sheridan Square. The theatre opened as a neighborhood playhouse in November of 1917 and was built by Maguerite Abbott Barker. The first shows were so good that they attracted uptown audiences downtown in droves. The one thing responsible for putting the theatre on the map was "THE GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES", a "Revusical Comedy of New York's Latin Quarter", invented and produced for the stage by JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON. In these Pre and Post World War One days, the lavish Broadway playhouses competed with more and more money to stage the biggest and most dazzling shows. Murray had no money, but all the talent he needed to create the very concept of the intimate revue of New York City. The first "Follies" of Greenwich Village opened in July of 1919. It wasn't long before a "Sold Out" sign hung in the box office window. After a six week run the show moved uptown to Broadway, which no other Village production had ever managed to do before. A second "Follies" was spun by Anderson for the 1920 season, and like the first, it also moved to a Broadway theatre. From then on the "Follies" became a Broadway only production and renewed itself annually throughout the 1920's. (Reprinted in part from the Greenwich Village Gazette website) ..... The touring company of the Eighth Edition included BLOSSOM SEELEY, BENNY FIELDS, HARRY JANS, HAROLD WHALEN, ALICE DOUGLASS, MAX ALEXANDER, GORDON KEITH, SHEILA BARRETT, HELEN GILLIGAN, WALTER ARMIN, JAMES GRANT, EDDIE SHUBERT, DOCTOR ROCKWELL, LAURA LEE, BEN DOVA, LOLA RAINE, WILLIAM MACK, FLORENCE MISGEN, VALERIA, CARLOS, the ROSS TWINS, WILLIAM KACM, HOYT MEREDITH, THALIE HAMILTON, GLORIA CHRISTY, DOROTHY DRUM, FRANCES BLYTHE, MORINE CLARK, AZEADA CHARKOUIE, IMOGENE PHILLIPS, JACK KELLY, MARION GILLON, ANNIE PRITCHARD, EVELYN SINTAE, EVA BELMONT, EVELYN LAW, the RALPH READER GIRLS and the CHESTER HALE GIRLS ..... CREDITS: Music by RAY PERKINS and MAURICE RUBENS; Lyrics by MAX and NATHANIEL LIEF; Sketches by HAROLD ATTERIDGE; Scenery designed by WATSON BARRATT; Costumes designed by ERNEST SCHRAPPS; Dances Staged by CHESTER HALE; Orchestra conducted by MAX METH; Staged by J. C. HUFFMAN; Produced by THE BOHEMIANS, INC. ..... DETAILS: The 26 page program measures 5 1/4" X 7 3/4" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, scenes and musical numbers and wonderful vintage advertising, but no cast photos or bios ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard. Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal!