1. Zev Buffman partnered with Elizabeth Taylor to present her in her Broadway debut, The Little Foxes.
16 Facts About Zev Buffman
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Zev Buffman was born in Tel Aviv, Palestine, to Ukrainian Jewish parents.
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Zev Buffman came to the United States as a foreign exchange student in 1951, moved to Hollywood, California, and worked as an actor while attending college.
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Zev Buffman's most memorable film work was a role in the Cecil B DeMille classic The Ten Commandments.
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Zev Buffman helped renovate the theater complex and brought in Broadway performers, including Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Angela Lansbury and Yul Brynner.
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Zev Buffman sold his theatre interests to Pace Theatrical in 1988.
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Zev Buffman purchased and fully restored the vintage 1927 3,000-seat Saenger Theatre in the French Quarter in New Orleans.
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In 1988, Zev Buffman became the founding general partner of the NBA basketball team the Miami Heat with partner Ted Arison, owner of Carnival Cruise Lines.
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Zev Buffman helped with the fundraising efforts to build the Miami Arena, where the Heat played until 1999.
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In 2003, Zev Buffman became CEO of RiverPark Center in Owensboro, Kentucky.
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Zev Buffman collaborated with the city on the renovation of this historic theater in downtown Clearwater, which reopened in December, 2013.
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Zev Buffman became involved with producing Broadway shows while living in Hollywood, California.
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Zev Buffman has worked with James M Nederlander, The Shubert Organization, and his partner of many years, Elizabeth Taylor.
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Zev Buffman brought Taylor to her Broadway debut in The Little Foxes.
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Zev Buffman collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber as lead producer of the original Broadway production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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Zev Buffman produced film, television and cast recordings of Broadway shows under his company, Zev Buffman Entertainment, Inc.