Original Broadway windowcard with artwork by David Edward Byrd
Music
Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics
Stephen Sondheim
Book
James Goldman
Productions
1971 Broadway
1972 Los Angeles
1985 Lincoln Center concert
1987 West End
2001 Broadway revival
2002 Los Angeles
2002 West End revival
2007 New York City Center concert
2011 Washington, D.C.
2011 Broadway revival
2012 Los Angeles
2012 Madrid
2017 London revival
Awards
1971 - New York Drama Critics' Award for Best Musical
1972 - Tony Award for Best Score
1971 - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
1971 - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
1987 - Laurence Olivier Award for Musical of the Year
2012 - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical
2018 - Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival
Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.
The plot takes place in a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the Ziegfeld Follies). The evening follows a reunion of the Weismann Girls who performed during the interwar period. Several of the former showgirls perform their old numbers, often accompanied by the ghosts of their younger selves. The score offers a pastiche of 1920s and 1930s musical styles, evoking a nostalgic tone.
The original Broadway production, directed by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett, with choreography by Bennett, opened April 4, 1971. The musical was nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won seven. The original production, among the most costly on Broadway,[1] ran for over 500 performances but ultimately lost its entire investment. The musical has had a number of major revivals, and several of its songs have become standards, including "Broadway Baby", "I'm Still Here", "Too Many Mornings", "Could I Leave You?", and "Losing My Mind".
^Follies, sometimes is called the most expensive musical production in Broadway history at the time (theater historian Ethan Mordden names the 1969 musical Coco, starring Katharine Hepburn, as era's actual record holder)Mordden, Ethan (2003). One More Kiss: The Broadway Musical in the 1970s. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 39. ISBN 1-4039-6539-0.
changed the title to Follies; he was "intrigued by the psychology of a reunion of old chorus dancers and loved the play on the word 'follies'". In 1971, on...
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in 1932 and 1936 as The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air. Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, the Ziegfeld Follies were conceived and mounted by Florenz...
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and a collection of essays on Auster's The Brooklyn Follies (English and French) "The Brooklyn Follies (review)". Archived from the original on 2010-05-09...
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as restaurant server "La Ritournelle". JP's Box-Office. "Paris Follies". "'Paris Follies' ('La Ritournelle'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 15...
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adults. Baby Folies was dubbed into several languages: Baby Follies (English, USA, UK) Baby Follies (Spanish, Latin America) Bebés em Festa (”Babies At Party”...
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