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FOLLIES [musical show]
- Title
- FOLLIES [musical show]
- Opening Date
- April 04, 1971
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- Orig prod. MUSIC & WORDS: Stephen Sondheim. ORCH: Jonathan Tunick. COND: Harold Hastings. CAST: Alexis Smith, Gene Nelson, Dorothy Collins, John McMartin, Yvonne DeCarlo, Fifi D'Orsay, Mary McCarty, Ethel Shutta, Michael Bartlett. (CD/Cap CDP-792094; CD/Broadway Angel ZDM-764666-2. Incomplete: Cap SO-761. Excerpts: Nelson, McMartin, Collins, Smith, ensemble: "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" (ALB-1626, ALB-1755) Collins: "In Buddy's Eyes" (ALB-1626) DeCarlo: "I'm Still Here" (ALB-2181).)
- 1973 records by members of orig cast. Justine Johnson, Victoria Mallory: "One More Kiss" Ethel Shutta: "Broadway Baby" Dorothy Collins, John McMartin: "Pleasant Little Kingdon" (dropped from show), "Too Many Mornings" Alexis Smith: "Could I Leave You?" Dorothy Collins: "Losing My Mind" (ALB-169)
- 1985 concert prod, rec live. COND: Paul Gemignani. CAST: Barbara Cook, George Hearn, Mandy Patinkin, Lee Remick, Liliane Montevecchi, Carol Burnett, Elaine Stritch, Licia Albanese, Phyllis Newman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, André Gregory, Arthur Rubin, Jim Walton, Liz Callaway, Howard McGillin, Erie Mills, Daisy Prince. (CD/RCA RCD2-7128, with Stavisky. Excerpts: "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Broadway Baby," "Losing My Mind," "I'm Still Here" (ALB-2314).)
- 1987 London prod with addl Sondheim material. ORCH: Jonathan Tunick. COND: Chris Walker. CAST: Diana Rigg, Daniel Massey, Julia McKenzie, David Healy, Dolores Gray, Lynda Baron, Margaret Courtenay, Maria Charles, Adele Leigh, Paul Bentley, Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson. (CD/First Night(E) Encore-CD-3. Excerpts: Rigg, Massey: "Country House" Ensemble: "Buddy's Blues" (ALB-1800).)
- 1989 record by Eartha Kitt, who replaced Dolores Gray in 1987 London prod. ORCH & COND: Roger Webb. "I'm Still Here" (ALB-1268)
- 1998 Paper Mill Playhouse (NJ) prod. COND (for the recording): Jonathan Tunick (orchestrator). CAST: Dee Hoty, Donna McKechnie, Laurence Guittard, Tony Gruber, Liliane Montevecchi, Kaye Ballard, Ann Miller, Phyllis Newman, Vahan Khanzadian, Natalie Mosco, Donald Saddler, Pascale Faye. (CD/TVT Soundtrax 1030-2, with six songs dropped from the show)
- 2001 records by Elaine Stritch of 1985 concert prod. "Broadway Baby," "I'm Still Here" (ALB-2061)
- Demos by Stephen Sondheim (composer), piano & vocal. "Don't Look at Me," "Pleasant Little Kingdom" (cut), "Losing My Mind," "Broadway Baby" (ALB-2219)
- Recording by Stephen Sondheim (composer), piano & vocal. "Can That Boy Fox Trot!" (ALB-2314)
- Records by members of touring company. Vivian Blaine: "Broadway Baby" (1983: ALB-924) Julie Wilson: "Can That Boy Fox-Trot" (dropped from the show), "Too Many Mornings," "I'm Still Here," "Beautiful Girls/Lucy and Jessie/Losing My Mind/Leave You" (ALB-1149)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19710404
Last Updated: 08-23-2012