The Apollo is a former French music-hall venue located at 20 rue de Clichy in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
The Apollo is a former French music-hall venue located at 20 rue de Clichy in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
The Apollo Theatre had a removable stage (now destroyed) called basculo conceived by the engineer Félix Léon Edoux.
In 1909 the Czech conductor and composer, Ludvík Čelanský, was artistic director and head of the symphony orchestra of the Apollo.
The actress Jane Marnac, her husband Keith Trevor, and Camille Wyn directed the Apollo in 1929 and 1930.
The Merry Widow (Franz Lehár) and Rêve de Valse (Oscar Straus) were premiered in the theatre. In addition, Carlos Gardel, Argentinian tango singer, made his Parisian debut here. [1]
Charles Cuvillier was a French composer of operetta. He won his greatest successes with the operettas La reine s'amuse and with The Lilac Domino, which became a hit in 1918 in London.
Léon Alfred Fourneau was a French humourist, music-hall artist, playwright and songwriter. Originally trained as a lawyer he invented the stage- and penname Xanrof by inversion of the Latin fornax of his French surname fourneau ("furnace"), before finally legally changing his name to Léon Xanrof. Yvette Guilbert experienced early success singing Xanrof's songs at Rodolphe Salis' cabaret Le Chat Noir.
Lucienne Delyle was a French singer.
Alice Arno, is a French actress and model, best known for her roles in European sexploitation and horror film genre.
Henri Betti, born Ange Betti, was a French composer and a pianist.
Maurice Yvain was a French composer, noted for his operettas of the 1920s and 1930s, some of which were written for Mistinguett, at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world. In the 1930s and 1940s he became a major success in the United States and several of his pieces appeared in the famous Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway. He also composed music for several films of notable directors such as Anatole Litvak, Julien Duvivier and Henri-Georges Clouzot and his music blended with the then "spirit of Paris".
Jacques Baumer, was a French theatre director and comedian.
René Max Weill, who used the pseudonym Romain Coolus, was a French novelist, dramatist and film scriptwriter.
The Théâtre Édouard VII, also called théâtre Édouard VII – Sacha Guitry, is located in Paris between the Madeleine and the Opéra Garnier in the 9th arrondissement. The square, in which there is a statue of King Edward the Seventh, was opened in 1911. The theatre, which was originally a cinema, was named in the honour of King Edward VII, as he was nicknamed the "most Parisian of all Kings", appreciative of French culture. In the early to mid 1900s,under the direction of Sacha Guitry, the theatre became a symbol of anglo-franco friendship, and where French people could discover and enjoy Anglo Saxon works. French actor and director Bernard Murat is the current director of the theatre. Modern "boulevard comedies" and vaudevilles are often performed there, and subtitled in English by the company Theatre in Paris. Important figures in the arts, cinema and theatre have performed there, including Orson Welles, Eartha Kitt, and more. Pablo Picasso created props for a play at the Théâtre Edouard VII in 1944.
The théâtre Daunou is a Parisian theater with 450 seats, located 7 rue Daunou in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
The Théâtre des Noctambules was a former Parisian cabaret established in 1894 by the chansonnier Martial Boyer (1872–1941) and located at 7 rue Champollion in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
Jean de Létraz, pen name of Jean Félix Deletraz, was a French playwright, spécialising in vaudeville, who authored nearly 118 plays, among which the most famous is Bichon written in 1935.
Jane Marnac, real name Jane Fernande Mayer,, was a Belgian stage and film actress.
Jean Guitton was a French dramatist, librettist, lyricist and screenwriter.
The théâtre du Quartier latin is a former Parisian entertainment venue which was located 9 rue Champollion in the 5th arrondissement of Paris and directed by Michel de Ré until 1956.
André Mouëzy-Éon was a French dramatist, author of comedies, librettist, screenwriter and dialoguist.
The Théâtre Fémina or Salle Fémina was an entertainment venue located at 90 avenue des Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was inside the Hôtel Fémina, designed by the architect Henri Petit.
Philippe Parès was a 20th-century French composer of film scores, d'operettas and light music.
Mario Cazes, was a 20th-century French composer, conductor and violinist extremely popular during the 1920s and 1930s.
The Théâtre de la Michodière is a theatre building and performing arts venue, located at 4 bis, rue de La Michodière in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built by Auguste Bluysen in 1925 in Art Deco style, it has a tradition of showing boulevard theatre.
