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by Laurence Maslon

In the years between the world wars, nothing on Broadway catered to Manhattan nightlife like the revue.

During the Roaring Twenties, nearly revues opened on Broadway. Pioneered by Florenz Ziegfeld and his elegant &#;Follies,&#; revues allowed for an ever-shifting variety of songs, dances, skits, and production numbers.

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Idiosyncratic comics, specialty dancers, emotive singers, and chorus girls all found a happy home for their particular talents &#; and costume and scenic designers had a field day, too. Their flash, color, topicality, and brazenness caught the spirit of the age, but revues had their conveniences, too; unlike with later musical comedies, you could easily miss the first act and it wouldn&#;t make any difference.

Revues could be assembled easily, and there was always room for an additional investor, whether it was a newly minted Wall Street broker with a crush on a showgirl or a bootlegging gangster who wanted to see h