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Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 16th Edition
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ent000085. Jerry Jackson Papers, 1953-2009. MS-00573. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d19p9z
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Trop's "Folies Bergere" is Jerry Jackson's creation. Jerry Jackson is the master mind responsible for staging, conceiving, choreographing and directing the 14th, 15th and now, the all-new 16th edition of the Tropicana's "Folies Bergere" French Revue. In fact, Jackson has been associated with the Trop's "Folies" in one capacity or another since 1966. Back then, he was assistant choreographer to Herme Pans. It was also in '66 that Jackson was hired by Paris "Folies" director Michel Gyarmathy to choreograph the 100th- anniversary production of the original show. Gyarmathy and Jackson share equal interests in that both men have represented the world famous Parisian revue for the past 45 years. Born in Bristow, Okla., a small rural community in the Midwest, Jackson grew up fascinated with the movie musicals he watched on the silver screen. He began studying music at age 8, and although he couldn't dance until age 18 (he suffered from a foot deformity in his earlier years), Jackson had alread developed a love for the theatre. He graduated from UCLA in 1960 with a master's degree in art While at the university, he was an assistant professor in the music department Jackson also studied to be a concert pianist, and developed a keen eye for the camera ?╟÷ a talent that led him to become one of Saks Fifth Avenue's leading photographers in the mid-1960s. His photography experience also gained him expertise in the area of television. By the early and mid 1970s, Jackson was choreographing the weekly variety show "Tony Orlando and Dawn", plus other TV variety specials, including the 25th anniversary of the "Wonderful World of Disney" and an international TV production, "Line Direct", starring Line Renaud in Paris, France. Jackson's Broadway credits include "Man of La Mancha" with Lani Kazan, "Promises, Promises", starring Frank Gorshin and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel. Although Jackson has become officially tied to the "Folies Bergere", he has directed and choreographed several other production shows and minirevues throughout the world and in Las Vegas, including "Fire and Ice", lounge revues for the Tropicana and Sahara Hotels, and road shows for resort centres of Acapulco, the Bahamas and Europe. Today, Jerry Jackson is held in high esteem for his recognized talents in staging, conceiving, choreographing and directing musicals, revues, spectacular productions and television specials. From Los Angeles Times, May 13, 1984.