Question

The producer Liliane La Fleur reminisces about working at this establishment in an elaborate musical sequence from the Maury Yeston musical Nine. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this establishment whose shows inspired Florenz Ziegfield’s Broadway shows.
ANSWER: Folies Bergère (“FOL-lee bair-ZHAIR”) [prompt on follies; reject Ziegfield Follies]
[10m] After chorus roles in Broadway revues like Shuffle Along, this performer caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère performing in a skirt made only from rubber bananas and later served as a French Resistance spy.
ANSWER: Josephine Baker [or Freda Josephine McDonald]
[10e] A different kind of performer at Parisian cabarets was this singer, whose short stature gave her the nickname “The Little Sparrow.” The signature song of this French chanteuse (“shan-TUHZ”) is “La vie en rose.”
ANSWER: Édith Piaf [or Édith Giovanna Gassion; or La Môme Piaf]
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