Follies
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
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Follies (1971), a musical play by James
Goldman (music), Stephen
Sondheim (music, lyrics). [
Winter Garden Theatre, 522 perf.; NYDCC Award.] With the Weismann Theatre under demolition, many of the aging performers who had played in the various editions of Weismann's
Follies gather for a last, bittersweet reunion. As they talk about what has happened to them since their earlier successes and as they recall those bygone days, “memory figures” of their younger selves help jolt the recollections. By the dawn, they go their separate ways, some enlightened, others scarred.
Notable songs: I'm Still Here; Losing My Mind; Too Many Mornings; Broadway Baby; Could I Leave You; Who's That Woman? Director‐producer Hal
Prince provided one of the most lavish Broadway productions of the era, and the expensive show could not turn a profit. Yet it remains a beloved cult favorite, in no small part because of its rich score that includes acerbic contemporary songs as well as pastiche numbers of past styles. Revivals have been inconsistent, including a Broadway mounting in 2001.
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