Broadway History: Florenz Ziegfeld Makes His Mark
…reat White Way. In 1910, he broke the color line on Broadway by hiring the highly popular black comedian/singer Bert Williams to perform in his show, despite the fact that many of his white acts said that they would quit. He also created one of the most renowned sexy, and popular roof garden shows of the time. The Follies A Follies girl. The Follies became Ziegfeld’s signature show. It would define the impresario and fill the stage of the New Amst…