The official FOLLIES website is up....
The official FOLLIES website is up....
#1The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 12:51pm
http://www.folliesbroadway.com/
I really hope they change that ugly artwork! Ragtime did for Broadway. I hope Follies does.
First preview: August 7
Opening Night: September 12
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/152280-Follies-with-Bernadette-Peters-Jan-Maxwell-Will-Begin-Broadway-Previews-in-August
wickedfan11
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/06
#2The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 12:53pmAccording to BWW, Elaine Paige is not transferring. I hope they find someone better than her. I hated her performance of "I'm Still Here."
#2The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 12:56pmHmmm. Playbill doesn't say anything about Paige. I wonder?
tking001
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/3/09
#3The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:00pm
Cheapest seats (which im assuming are rear mezz) Look like they'll be $55
Lets hope for a cheaper discount
moljul
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/03
#4The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:02pmAnyone know the student rush policy at the Marquis?
#5The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:02pmYay to FOLLIES, yay to no Elaine Paige (Can't stand her for anything in the world). Does anyone know if this is a limited engagement? And if it is, when are they thinking about closing? I imagine it'll last at least through the Fall, that's all I need.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#6The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:03pmThe rush/lotto policy will be up to the producers.
#7The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:03pm
Limited engagement. According to Ticketmater, tickets are on sale until December 31.
Updated On: 6/29/11 at 01:03 PM
moljul
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/03
#8The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:10pmThanks. Wasn't sure who decided that. I'll sit tight and hope for the best.
#9The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:12pm
Broadway World is jumping the gun and assuming Paige isn't transferring because she wasn't announced in this initial press release.
Per usual, I would venture to guess they're wrong. Considering Carlotta hasn't been listed in any of the casting breakdowns, I imagine Paige will be continuing on to Broadway with the show.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 6/29/11 at 01:12 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#10The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:14pmDAMN! I'll be missing this by TWO DAYS!!!
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#11The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:14pm
Blah, sad news. But it's FOLLIES after all, even Paige's involvement can't bring me down.
Thanks for the heads up, Ljay, so glad I'll be able to see this in the Fall, was so sad I had to miss the DC engagement.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#12The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:30pm
I'm surprised that the Kenendy Center appears to be the sole producer of the Broadway run.
Question for those who might know...is it possible to recoup $7.3 million in 5 months? Seems like a tough task, unless they completely sell out every performance at full price, which seems doubtful. Does the KC think they're going to make money off of this, or are they doing it more for the prestige?
Brian07663NJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
#13The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:50pmI agree regarding Elaine Paige and I actually like her! Also was not too thrilled with Linda Lavin's rendition of Broadway Baby.
#14The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:51pm
..and, since my post, Broadway World has removed the information from their article claiming Paige was amongst those not continuing with the show.
Typical.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#15The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:56pm
Ok, I MIGHT be able to see this :)...questionsss:
* What is this audience reward thing? Will you guys be buying tickets with it or waiting until they are on sale officially?
* Where did you find the rear mezz cost of $55?
Thanks!!!
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#16The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 2:00pm
Price range From Ticketmaster:
US $55.00 - US $135.00
US $55.00 Ticket + US $9.75 Fees =
US $64.75
US $135.00 Ticket + US $9.75 Fees =
US $144.75
Obviously the fees are only for online and phone orders.
#17The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 2:04pm
Question for those who might know...is it possible to recoup $7.3 million in 5 months? Seems like a tough task, unless they completely sell out every performance at full price, which seems doubtful. Does the KC think they're going to make money off of this, or are they doing it more for the prestige?
According to BWW's grosses, when Wonderland was at the Marquis, the maximum potential weekly gross was $1,432,024, and I'm going to guess it'll be roughly the same when Follies is there. I wouldn't even be able to hazard a guess at the weekly running costs with a cast and orchestra of over 60 people (and some players who garner a pretty sizable salary).
I would guess it'd be nearly impossible to recoup $7 million in five months.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#18The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 2:06pm
What is this audience reward thing? Will you guys be buying tickets with it or waiting until they are on sale officially?
You have to be a member, but it's free to join. At the moment, there is no information about Follies on their website, which is odd, since this presale starts tomorrow.
#19The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 2:06pm
I really like this art -- but the image of the man on the right side STILL looks like an old image I've seen of Ronald Reagan. Bugs.
(The cig ad linked below isn't the exact one, but close.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/castlekay/2800338615/
Updated On: 6/29/11 at 02:06 PM
#20The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 3:04pm
Be sure to 'like' the official page on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Follies-on-Broadway/185011411555114
DK69
Chorus Member Joined: 3/18/09
#21The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 5:09pm
Part of the presentation on Ticketmaster ! Part of the question about Elaine Paige ? :
"The Kennedy Center's brand-new production of this iconic masterwork was standing room only this summer. Now, this lavish and landmark new staging of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Tony Award-winning Best Musical FOLLIES comes to Broadway for an historic limited engagement, complete with its 28-piece orchestra and a cast of 40 - led by such Broadway babies as two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, four-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell, five-time Olivier Award nominee Elaine Paige, two-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein, and three-time Emmy nominee Ron Raines."
Updated On: 6/29/11 at 05:09 PM
#22The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 5:17pmI like the artwork, but I wish they would change the actual Follies logo to something that looks like a little more time and thought went into it.
#23The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 5:19pm^ Me too! It's so cheap looking.
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#24The official FOLLIES website is up....
Posted: 6/29/11 at 5:50pm
Part of the reason that not all the cast has been announced it that not all the contracts have been finalized and signed by everyone from the Kennedy Center company.
At least as of today.
