Will Rogers current at the time of the performance. The Tony Award-winning musical "The Will Rogers Follies", produced on Broadway in 1991, starred Keith Carradine in the lead role. Rogers was portrayed by actor Keith Carradine in the 1994 film "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle". Carradine had played Rogers three years earlier on Broadway, in the stage musical "The Will Rogers Follies". Travelog Series Will Rogers William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma. He was a Cherokee
Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun, also known as Will Rogers Shrine, is a commemorative tower and chapel on Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is named after Will Rogers, the American humorist, who died in a plane crash in Alaska in 1935 during construction of the shrine. It is also a tomb for the remains of Spencer Penrose – who built many of the city's prominent properties, including the neighboring Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and The Broadmoor resort – and his wife Julie. Completed by Penrose in 1937, the shrine is a ,