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<h2><span class="btn-primary">Flora the Red Menace</span></h2>
<h3><span class="btn-secondary">Posted on April 18, 2023</span></h3>
<h5>This week in 1965, <em>Flora the Red Menace</em> debuted at the Colonial Theatre for its pre-Broadway tryout. Starring 19-year-old Liza Minnelli in her Broadway debut.<br /><br />Featuring a book by George Abbott and Robert Russell, produced by Harold Prince, the musical was the first Broadway collaboration of John Kander and Fred Ebb who later developed shows such as <em>Cabaret</em> and <em>Chicago</em>.<br /><br />Minnelli went on to win the Tony Award for Best Actress for her role as Flora becoming the youngest person to ever do so at the age of 19.</h5>

<p>Photo 1: Liza Minnelli's 1965 headshot.<br />Photo 2: Flora The Red Menace Playbill from the pre-Broadway run at the Colonial Theatre.<br />Photo 3: Inside of Flora The Red Menace Playbill.<br />Photo 4: George Abbott, Liza Minnelli, and Hal Prince near Boston’s Colonial Theatre (walking down Allen’s Alley); photo: Jill Krementz.</p>