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Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The show is nostalgic in tone and has a generally melancholy atmosphere. Several of its songs have become standards, including "Beautiful Girls," "Broadway Baby," "I'm Still Here," "Too Many Mornings," "Could I Leave You," and "Losing My Mind."

The Broadway production opened on April 4, 1971, directed by Hal Prince and Michael Bennett, with choreography by Bennett. The production ran for 522 performances but lost money. Nevertheless, it was nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won seven. The musical has enjoyed a London production and numerous revivals, and the show is popular among community theatre groups.

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Music:

Member Since: 25/06/2007
Band Website: sondheim.com
Band Members: Original Broadway Cast:

Major-Domo - Dick Latessa
Sally Durant Plummer - Dorothy Collins
Young Sally - Marti Rolph
Christine Donovan - Ethel Barrymore Colt
Willy Wheeler - Fred Kelly
Stella Deems - Mary McCarty
Max Deems - John J. Martin
Heidi Schiller - Justine Johnston
Chauffeur - John Grigas
Meredith Lane - Sheila Smith
Roscoe - Michael Bartlett
Deedee West - Helon Blount
Hattie Walker - Ethel Shutta
Emily Whitman - Marcie Stringer
Theodore Whitman - Charles Welch
Vincent - Victor Griffin
Vanessa - Jayne Turner
Young Vincent - Michael Misita
Young Vanessa - Graciela Daniele
Solange LaFitte - Fifi D'Orsay
Carlotta Campion - Yvonne De Carlo
Phyllis Rogers Stone - Alexis Smith
Benjamin Stone - John McMartin
Young Phyllis - Virginia Sandifur
Young Ben - Kurt Peterson
Buddy Plummer - Gene Nelson
Young Buddy - Harvey Evans
Dimitri Weismann - Arnold Moss
Kevin - Ralph Nelson
Young Stella - Julie Pars
Young Heidi - Victoria Mallory
Party Musicians:
Taft Jordan
Aaron Bell
Charles Spies
Robert Curtis
Show Girls:
Suzanne Briggs
Trudy Carson
Kathie Dalton
Ursula Maschmeyer
Linda Perkins
Margot Travers
Singers, Dancers:
Graciela Daniele
Mary Jane Houdina
Sonja Levkova
Rita O'Connor
Julie Pars
Suzanne Rogers
Roy Barry
Steve Boockvor
Michael Misita
Joseph Nelson
Ralph Nelson
Ken Urmston
Peter Walker
Donald Weissmuller

Influences:
Sounds Like: 1. Prologue
2. Beautiful Girls
3. Don't Look at Me
4. Waiting for the Girls Upstairs
5. Rain on the Roof
6. Ah, Paris!
7. Broadway Baby
8. The Road You Didn't Take
9. In Buddy's Eyes
10. Bolero d'Amour
11. Who's That Woman?
12. I'm Still Here
13. Too Many Mornings
14. The Right Girl
15. One More Kiss
16. Could I Leave You?
17. Loveland
18. You're Gonna Love Tomorrow
19. Love Will See Us Through
20. The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues (Buddy's Blues)
21. Losing My Mind
22. The Story of Lucy and Jessie
23. Live, Laugh, Love

Additional Songs:
Ah, But Underneath
Country House
Make the Most of Your Music
Social Dancing

Record Label: Unsigned

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