Folies Bergère
Address | 32 Rue Richer Paris France |
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Coordinates | 48°52′27″N 2°20′42″E / 48.8742°N 2.3449°E |
Designation | Cabaret music-hall |
Construction | |
Opened | 2 May 1869 |
Architect | Plumeret |
Website | |
Foliesbergere.com |
The Folies Bergère (French pronunciation:
Revues featured extravagant costumes, sets and effects, and often nude women. In 1926,
The institution is still in business, and is still a strong symbol of French and Parisian life.
History
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Located at 32 Rue Richer in the
It opened on 2 May 1869[
In 1882,
In 1886,
In 1918,
In 1926 the facade of the theatre was given a complete make-over by the artist Maurice Pico . The facade was redone in Art Deco style, one of the many Parisian theatres of this period using the style.[3]
In 1936, Derval brought Baker from New York City to lead the revue En Super Folies. Michel Gyarmathy , a young Hungarian arrived from Balassagyarmat, his hometown, designed the poster for En Super Folies, a show starring Baker in 1936. This began a long love story between Michel Gyarmathy, Paris, the Folies Bergère and the public of the whole world which lasted 56 years. The funeral of Paul Derval was held on 20 May 1966. He was 86 and had reigned supreme over the most celebrated music hall in the world. His wife Antonia, supported by Michel Gyarmathy, succeeded him. In August 1974, the Folies Antonia Derval passed on the direction of the business to Hélène Martini, the empress of the night (25 years earlier she had been a showgirl in the revues). This new mistress of the house reverted to the original concept to maintain the continued existence of the last music hall which remained faithful to the tradition.
Since 2006, the Folies Bergère has presented some musical productions with Stage Entertainment like Cabaret (2006–2008) or Zorro (2009–2010).
Filmography
- 1935: Folies Bergère de Paris directed by Roy Del Ruth, with Maurice Chevalier, Merle Oberon, and Ann Sothern
- 1935: Natalie Paley, Fernand Ledoux. A French-language version of the 1935 Hollywood film.
- 1956: Yves Robert, Pierre Mondy
- 1959:[4] Énigme aux Folies Bergère directed by Jean Mitry with Dora Doll, Claude Godard
- 1991: La Totale! directed by Claude Zidi with Thierry Lhermitte
Similar venues
The Folies Bergère inspired the
.In the 1930s and '40s the impresario Clifford C. Fischer staged several Folies Bergere productions in the United States. These included the Folies Bergère of 1939 at the Broadway Theater in New York[5] and the Folies Bergère of 1944 at the Winterland Ballroom[6][7] in San Francisco.
The Las Vegas Folies Bergere, which opened in 1959, closed at the end of March 2009 after nearly 50 years in operation.[8][9][10]
A recent example is Faceboyz Folliez, a monthly burlesque and variety show at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City.[11][12]
In popular culture
Folies Bergère is mentioned in the movie, The Last Time I Saw Paris.
See also
- Absinthe
- Cabaret Red Light
- Casino de Paris
- Crazy Horse (cabaret)
- Folies Bergere at The Tropicana Hotel Las Vegas
- Jubilee!
- Le Lido
- Moulin Rouge
- Paradis Latin
- Peepshow
- Sirens of TI
- Tropicana Club
Notes
- ^ A Brief History of the Folies-Bergère Archived 8 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine Art & Architecture
- ^ "Édouard Marchand et les Folies Bergère". www.foliesbergere.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Paris, the Birthplace of Art Deco". Minor Sights. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Du travail pour les historiens" [Work for Historians] (PDF). La Sentinelle (in French). No. 297. La Chaux-de-Fonds. 23 December 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Folies Bergère 1939". Playbillvault.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Poster, card, and photo from The Folies Bergere of 1944 in San Francisco". Glopad.org. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Folies Bergere Opens Soon at Winterland". Berkeley Daily Gazette. 23 November 1943.
- ^ Prentice, Claire (28 March 2009). "BBC: Folies bows out amid credit crisis". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Folies Bergere To Close in Las Vegas". NPR. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ John Palmer (15 January 2009). "'Les Folies Bergere' to end run at Tropicana". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Just Do Art! | The Villager Newspaper". Thevillager.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ Lewis, Steve (3 February 2012). "Faceboyz Follies at Bowery Poetry Club, Don Cornelius Tribute at Submercer, Goodbye to Ben Barna". BlackBook magazine. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.