Opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 30, 1936. Closed May 9, 1936 after 115 performances — 3 months. The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 is a musical revue with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by Vernon Duke and sketches by Gershwin and David Freedman. The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of revues presented from 1907 through 1931, 1934, 1936, 1943, and 1957. Wiki link