Photo Flash: Christine Baranski in Rehearsal for Starry FOLLIES Concert at Royal Albert Hall!

By: Apr. 17, 2015
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Betty Buckley, Christine Baranski, Lorna Luft, Charlotte Page, Peter Polycarpou, Amy Ellen Richardson and Jos Slovick complete the cast of Follies in Concert, with The City of London Philharmonic Orchestra, at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday 28th April, alongside ensemble members Sarah Bakker, CJ Field, Jennifer Davison, Emily Warner, Lucy James and Luke Fetherstone. Below, check out a look inside rehearsal, featuring Baranski and more!

They join the previously announced Baranski plays Phyllis Stone (Into The Woods, The Good Wife, Mamma Mia), Alistair Brammer, playing Young Ben (Miss Saigon, War Horse, LES MISERABLES), Anita Dobson, playing Stella Deems (EastEnders, Chicago), Alexander Hanson, playing Ben Stone (Stephen Ward the Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Little Night Music), Anita Harris, playing Emilie Whitman (Carry On Doctor & Follow That Camel, Cats), Ruthie Henshall, playing Sally Plummer (original Roxy in Chicago, LES MISERABLES), Roy Hudd, playing Theodore Whitman (Fagan in Oliver!, Coronation Street, Good Old Days) Laura Pitt-Pulford, playing Young Phyllis (The Sound Of Music, Marry Me A Little, The Light Princess), Stefanie Powers, playing Solange Lafitte (Hart to Hart, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E) and Russell Watson, playing Roscoe (the UK's best selling classical artist ever; winner of four Classical BRIT awards).

With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Goldman, FOLLIES, in Concert, will be directed by Strictly Come Dancing's Craig Revel Horwood, with choreography by Andrew Wright and musical direction by Gareth Valentine.

Voted in the Top Ten of BBC Radio 2's The Nation's Number One Essential Musical, FOLLIES tells the story of the former showgirls of the Ziegfeld Follies, amidst a wealth of well-known songs, including Losing My Mind, Broadway Baby and I'm Still Here.

FOLLIES in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall marks the musical's dazzling return to London for the first time in 13 years, for one day only.

Photos by Darren Bell



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