George Choos

George Choos produced plays, musical comedies, and vaudeville acts. He came to the United States in 1905 from Budapest where he was born in 1879. Mr. Choos began by opening a vaudeville production house, booking his acts with B. F. Keith and other vaudeville circuits.

His first legitimate shows were produced for road companies, and his first Broadway production was Battling Mr. Buttler. What might be his longest-running show was Ballet Caprice, which starred the acclaimed dance act of Broderick & Felsen. The show opened on September 30, 1926, in New York City at B.F. Keith’s Riverside Theater on Broadway at 96th Street. Following their triumphant opening week they took the show on the road playing in Keith-Albee circuit theaters in other cities. They returned to New York City to star at the massive 5200-seat Hippodrome Theater for the week of January 3, 1927. Their successful tour continued in the mid-west and northeast United States throughout most of 1927.

In partnership with Arch Selwyn, Mr. Choos brought Charlot's Revue to the U.S. from London and the Grand Guignol from Paris. In Paris, he obtained the American rights to a luminous paint and leased it to Florenz Ziegfeld and others to be used on costumes in their revues.

Mr. Choos retired in 1930 and died on April 3, 1961.