Follies 1987 London Production (and general Follies thread =] )- Page 8
Follies 1987 London Production (and general Follies thread =] )
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#175Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 8/12/10 at 12:15pmI haven't watched the rehearsal footage in ages, so I don't remember if you can make out the Young Four or not, but if it's LA it should be Suzanne Rogers instead of Virgina Sandifur as Young Phyllis.
#176Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 8/12/10 at 1:43pmWhy are there no Tony Award clips from the shows nominated in the early 70s? They telecast past shows like Forum and Damn Yankees, which are on Youtube...why not the numbers performed from the nom'd musicals? Anyone know/remember?
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#177Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 8/12/10 at 1:47pmThe year Follies was nominated they did a salute to older Broadway shows, I think. As far as I know there was no performance from Follies that year. Alexis Smith did an abbreviated (and I believe lower-keyed) "Lucy and Jessie" in 197...7, maybe?
#178Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 8/12/10 at 2:18pmYeah...I've seen the clips of Yvonne, Dorothy and Alexis from the Dick Cavett show and the tv clip of Lucy and Jessie, but there's nothing from the Tonys from 1971 - 1976 that I know of. I'm not sure where the clip of Glynis doing "Send in the Clowns" is from, but I dont think it's the Tonys. I assumed that that was when people actually watched the telecast (there was not as much to choose from).
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#179Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 8/12/10 at 3:09pmThere weren't any performances from the nominated musicals.
#180Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 8/12/10 at 9:42pm
Doodle--PM me if you want to see the 90-minute David Frost show.
It features Yvonne singing "I'm Still Here," Steve singing "Can That Boy Fox Trot," Dorothy singing "Losing My Mind" and Virginia/Marti/Kurt and Harvey singing "Love Will See Us Through"/"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow."
#181Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 8/15/10 at 5:30pmThe answer is: You must listen to them ALL.
#182Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 8/15/10 at 9:15pm
temms wrote: Has it ever been determined where the "dress rehearsal" footage comes from? It's clearly not Boston because changes had been put in, but the question remains if it's New York or L.A., yes?
Because having watched it a million times over, I am convinced that the voice of the conductor who says "We have to stop" in "Waiting For The Girls" is Paul Gemignani. He has a very distinct, gruff tone and I swear that's him. I know he took over conducting at some point during the run, so he probably conducted the tour and thus this footage is L.A. From what I've heard of Harold Hastings' voice on the "Company" OBC documentary it doesn't sound like him. And it's quite clearly the conductor talking. I swear it's Gemignani.
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The dress rehearsal footage is from Los Angeles. So whoever is speaking at that point is not Hastings.
I believe that the footage shot from the wings is also from Los Angeles (though not from the dress rehearsal, of course).
I think most of the rest of the footage that exists is from Broadway, though some of it seems to be from Boston.
Updated On: 8/15/10 at 09:15 PM
#183Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 8/16/10 at 7:57am
The 13-minute "Follies in Miniature" is from the 30-minute "Original Cast Dubbed" tape, which is Broadway footage. You can tell from the opening shots of the Winter Garden marquee and the (now-eerie) New York City skyline.
Glynis's extended "Send in the Clowns" performance is from a 1982 cable broadcast of a one-off concert at the La Mirada Theater in California, hosted by Tom Bosley and consisting of performances from various shows, mostly recreated by original cast members, and dance numbers performed by Lee Theodore's American Dance Machine.
The broadcast was distributed as a videotape/laersdisc called "That's Singing: The Best of Broadway," which also features Alexis Smith's stunning re-enactment of "Could I Leave You."
Here's the running order:
1. Everything's Coming Up Roses--Ethel Merman (Gypsy)
2. Quadrille--the American Dance Machine (Can-Can)
3. Get Some Cash for Your Trash--Nell Carter (Ain't Misbehaving)
4. You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Donna McKechnie, Pamela Myers, Susan Browning (Company)
5. You Made Me Love You--Debbie Reynolds (Irene)
6. Try to Remember--Jerry Orbach (The Fantasticks)
7. Shriner's Dance--Chita Rivera and the American Dance Machine (Bye Bye Birdie)
8. Summer Nights--Barry Bostwick and Carol Demas (Grease)
9. Sleeping Bee--Diahann Carroll (House of Flowers)
10. Never Will I Marry--Anthony Perkins (Greenwillow)
11. All for the Best--Stephen Nathan and David Haskell (Godspell)
12. Mean to Me--Nell Carter (Ain't Misbehavin')
13. I Believe in You--Robert Morse (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
14. Could I Leave You--Alexis Smith (Follies)
15. Charlie's Place--Donna McKechnie, Wayne Cilento, and the American Dance Machine (Over Here)
16. Little Old New York--Chita Rivera and the American Dance Machine (Tenderloin)
17. Pretty Women--Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd)
18. Send in the Clowns--Glynis Johns and Len Cariou (A Little Night Music)
19. Those Were the Good Old Days--Ray Walston (Damn Yankees)
20. They Say It's Wonderful--Ethel Merman (Annie Get Your Gun)
21. Lullaby of Broadway--Jerry Orbach and the entire company
#185Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 5/13/11 at 3:22pm
Bump in honor of the Kennedy Center production.
#186Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 10/29/11 at 12:05pm
Bump in honor of seeing the Broadway revival last night with my first boyfriend, with whom I saw the original production 40 years ago, at the Winter Garden, when I was 15 and he was 17.
Look who's here. We're still here.
#187Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 5/6/12 at 11:15pmThis thread has been through Brenda Frazier and it's here.
#189Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 5/6/12 at 11:30pmI had the impression it was a 'reunion' of sorts, which is interesting and more relevant to the show lol.
"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
#190Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 5/6/12 at 11:47pm
i could talk and read about FOLLIES all night (and have been doing so for a long time), so thanks to everyone for their thoughts and memories.
And qolbinau, love your Bernadette balloon!
#191Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 5/9/12 at 2:10amFrom London, I'm still trying to figure out what the point was behind chopping up "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through", and inserting it all over the Loveland sequence was.
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#192Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 5/9/12 at 2:43amGood question. I assume they wanted to use it as a recurring theme since the London Loveland was much more a full on celebration--this being a happier Follies--than something that becomes a nervous breakdown like the original. So they have the old couples singing the song nostalgically when it comes out of the Loveland sequence... At least that's my guess but...
#193Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 7/15/14 at 1:01pm
What-the-hell-is-his-name--you know, the doorman?
SantiagoE
Swing Joined: 7/14/11
#195Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 7/15/14 at 3:08pm
CHURCH DOOR TOUCAN GAY MARKETING PUPPIES MUSICAL THEATER STAPLES PERIOD OIL BITCHY SNARK HOLES
brettarnett
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/09
#197Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 7/24/14 at 6:19pm
Just posted today, Victoria Mallory & Kurt Peterson discuss Follies and their careers.
Original FOLLIES Stars Victoria Mallory COMPLETE Chatterbox
#198Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 7/24/14 at 7:40pm
^ Great show to see. Sounds like Kurt Petereson's concept for a Follies revival was pretty brilliant and a shame it never came to New York.
I loved Victoria at the Shubert in the original A Little Night Music. There was a delicacy and precision to her Anne that worked so well. The whole Anne/ Henrik love affair in Night Music that parallels the Victoria Mallory/Mark Lambert romance then (and subsequent marriage to this day!!) is a happy revelation to me.
Can anyone tell us when this show was recorded? It seems to have happened well before Victoria's daughter Ramona Mallory was cast in her mother's part in the recent revival of Night Music.
#199Follies: more on the London production
Posted: 5/2/15 at 7:44pm
Bump in honor of the wonderful efforts of 1971FolliesFan!
