What follows is a series of musical numbers performed by the principal characters, each exploring their biggest desires. big-shots from the UN. wife, while poor miserable Sally moans in a smouldering torch number Buddy, nothing is so certain but that Love Will See Us Through. [73] Tom Bosley originally was cast as Dimitri Weismann. The production was directed by Dominic Cooke, choreographed by Bill Deamer and starred Peter Forbes as Buddy, Imelda Staunton as Sally, Janie Dee as Phyllis, Philip Quast as Ben[100][101] and Tracie Bennett as Carlotta. SIMON: And you were talking like this or something? "), and Hattie Walker performs her old showstopping number ("Broadway Baby"). to read expert guidance for Broadway Baby and unlock other amazing theatre resources! in a revised version, 21 July 1987 with Diana Rigg, Daniel Massey, their dressing rooms - but for Ben these memories awake old regrets These plans also did not work out,[3] and finally Harold Prince, who had worked previously with Sondheim, became the producer and director. SIMON: Does this story reach you now in a way it might not have during the 1970s? Sondheim. Sally Durant Plummer, "blond, petite, sweet-faced" and at 49 "still remarkably like the girl she was thirty years ago",[4] a former Weismann girl, is the first guest to arrive, and her ghostly youthful counterpart moves towards her. the surviving players of his lavish pre-war Follies, from the silver Ms. PETERS: As a little girl, yeah. [125][126], In January 2015, it was reported that Rob Marshall signed on to direct, with Meryl Streep rumored to star. He praised a "broodingly luminous Jan Maxwell" and Burstein's "hapless onetime stage-door Johnny", as well as "the show's final 20 minutes, when we ascend with the main characters into an ironic vaudeville dreamscape of assorted neuroses - the most intoxicating articulation of the musical's 'Loveland' sequence that I've ever seen." After the failure of Do I Hear a Waltz? The Company of our celebrated, long-running series, #SondheimUnplugged, is thrilled to be Back in Business for season thirteen of our award-winning program at #54below. [121] The original cast album has always been controversial, because significant portions of the score were cut to fit onto one LP. (Soundbite of song, "Broadway Baby") SIMON: Stephen Sondheim wrote "Broadway Baby" in the early 1970s for "Follies," the award-winning musical he created with James Goldman. Christine Baranski played Carlotta, and Lucine Amara sang Heidi. Buddy in Arizona - cooking, flower-arranging, trips to the mall, out the inadequacies of their marriages. Whose Baby? (It did get recorded but didn't make its way onto the album until the CD reissue years later. Prince made a mistake by giving the recording rights of Follies to Capitol Records, which in order to squeeze the unusually long score onto one disc, mutilated the songs by condensing some and omitting others. Jayne Houdyshell as Hattie, Mary Beth Peil as Solange LaFitte, and Don Correia as Theodore joined the Broadway cast. That, if I'm good enough for you, you're not good enough SIMON: When did the relationship with Stephen Sondheim begin - looking back on it? The coffee cup, I think about you. Emily and Theodore Whitman, ex-vaudevillians in their seventies, perform an old routine ("The Rain on the Roof"). And when I read it, I thought this is just so heartbreaking, really. I had always was aware of his shows but I never thought I'd ever be in any of his shows. [41], A staged concert at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, was performed on September 6 and 7, 1985. It is 1971, and the iconic Weismann Theater, now a crumbling shell of its former glory, is about to be demolished to provide precious New York City parking space. He is a salesman, in his early 50s, appealing and lively,[4] whose smiles cover inner disappointment. Follies | Cast Album Reviews I thought I wasn't a Sondheim girl. What is. It's so hard to put into words. : With David Nixon, Richard Coleman, Jimmy Young, Diana Coupland. The musical numbers "Ah, but Underneath" (replacing "The Story of Lucy and Jessie"), "Country House", "Make the Most of Your Music" (replacing "Live, Laugh, Love"), "Social Dancing" and a new version of "Loveland" have been incorporated into various productions. For Ben and Buddy, too, "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" / "Love Will See Us Through" - Young Ben, Young Sally, Young Phyllis and Young Buddy. She accuses him of having affairs while he is on the road, and he admits he has a steady girlfriend, Margie, in another town, but always returns home. [48], Follies was voted ninth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the UK's "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals". (Chapin, p. xi) Ted Chapin wrote, "Taken as a whole, the collection of reviews Follies received was as rangy as possible." Ms. PETERS: (as Sally Durant Plummer) (Singing) The sun comes up, I think about you. Young Phyllis, Ben, Sally and Buddy taunt their disillusioned between Buddy and his pal, Ben. Stephen Sondheim Songs from Musicals Follies the Musical - Broadway Baby Lyrics I'm just a Broadway Baby. "[65], Theater writer and historian John Kenrick wrote "the bad news is that this Follies is a dramatic and conceptual failure. And I thought oh, this would be lovely to do. Mr. Weismann's exquisite taste in feminine pulchritude. to read expert guidance for Broadway Baby and unlock other amazing theatre resources! [50][51], A production also ran from March to April 1995 at the Theatre Under the Stars, Houston, Texas, and in April to May 1995 at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle with Constance Towers (Phyllis), Judy Kaye (Sally), Edie Adams, Denise Darcel, Virginia Mayo, Maxene Andrews (Hattie), and Karen Morrow (Carlotta). [43], The book "was extensively reworked by James Goldman, with Sondheim's cooperation and also given an intermission." "[20], Major changes were made for the original production in London, which attempted to establish a lighter tone and favored a happier ending than the original Broadway production. He creates what's necessary for the piece. Some productions substitute "Ah, but Underneath" when the actress portraying Phyllis is not primarily a dancer. Follies is a blend of both, and the new production is rounded out with production numbers celebrating love's simple hope for young lovers, its extravagant fantasies for Ziegfeld aficionados, and its fresh lesson for the graying principals. Solange proves she is still fashionable at what she claims is 66 ("Ah, Paris! ", and "Losing My Mind". [86] A two-disc cast album of this production was recorded by PS Classics and was released on November 29, 2011. Broadway Baby - Daisy Eagan - Follies - YouTube is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson. After previews from August 3, 2002, it opened officially on August 6, and closed on August 31, 2002. [102] This production notably goes back to the original plan of a one-act performance. Ben yells at his younger self for not appreciating all the work that Phyllis did. Broadway Baby from Follies | StageAgent Broadway impresario Dimitri Weismann arranges a reunion of the actors, singers, dancers, and personalities who peopled his famous Follies in the years between the World Wars . Follies review - a stupendous Sondheim revival - The Guardian Bernadette Peters, who's stopped more shows on Broadway than the stagehands union, joins us in our studios. Radiantly optimistic and more than a little sexy, they turned "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" into one of the highlights of the evening. But when Bernadette Peters sings the song, it could be a kind of anthem. "), as they are mirrored by their younger selves. Two new additions to the cast, Jayne Houdyshell and Mary Beth Peil, are terrific. The musical was nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won seven. The theatermania.com reviewer wrote that "The result is an album that, more so than any of the other existing recordings, allows listeners to re-experience the heartbreaking collision of past and present that's at the core of the piece. New York, NY, Escape To Margaritaville