Famous names have performed there including: Edith Piaf, Siegfried and Roy,[3] Hervé Vilard,[4] Sylvie Vartan, Ray Vasquez, Renee Victor, Johnny Hallyday, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Eartha Kitt, Josephine Baker, Kessler Twins, Elton John, Laurel & Hardy, Dalida, Shirley MacLaine,[5] Mitzi Gaynor, Juliet Prowse, and Noël Coward.

In 1946, Léon Volterra [fr] sold to Joseph and Louis Clérico, On 20 June 1946, Le Lido with the new performance hall opened with a revue entitled Sans rimes ni raison.

..."the early days, when exotic creatures graced the stage - tales of runaway chimps, spitting lamas, and camels left stranded on the footpath still trip off the tongues of the Lido's veterans"...[8]In 1955, after a visit by the entertainment director of the Stardust Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, the Clérico brothers along with Donn Arden brought the Lido to the Stardust Las Vegas.

In December 1964, Paris Match photographed Elizabeth Taylor, Aristotle Onassis and Claude Pompidou at a Lido première .

"In 1978 the huge space under (UGC Normandie) the theatre’s former circle and stage were transformed into the Lido cabaret (1,200 seats) sharing the same entrance.

"[10]In 2006, Sodexo, the international food service company, purchased Le Lido and invested 24 million euro into developing its show.

The hotel group Accor bought Le Lido in 2021 and dismissed most of the permanent employees, mainly artists and technicians, in order to replace the costly dinner shows and revues with less expensive musical theatre productions.

The Lido was known for its spectacular costumes featuring thousands of dollars in feathers and rhinestones, rich fabrics, and top quality furs.

The stage itself could be raised and lowered, change back and forth into an ice rink or swimming pool, and feature elaborate set pieces which came up from below.

Among the last of its kind, the Lido had a special place in the history of nightclubs and floorshows and continued a tradition of the "naughty but nice" opulent production shows originally started by the Folies Bergère.