'Follies' by James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim at San Francisco Playhouse

FOLLIESBook by James GoldmanMusic and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimDirected by Bill EnglishMusic Direction by Dave DobruskyChoreography by Nicole HelferPLAY DETAILSIts 1971, and theatrical impresario Dimitri Weissmann is hosting a reunion of ex-Follies performers in his crumbling theatre, about to be demolished to make room for a parking lot. The artists gather for one last time, reminiscing about the past and contemplating their future, before the theater dims its lights for good. This legendary masterpiece creates a half dozen great roles for middle-aged women, whose fabulous talents have outlasted the industrys interest in them. Surreal, sophisticated, compelling, heart wrenching and epic in scope, 'Follies' uses the musical theatre as a metaphor for the collapse of American innocence and naivet.