Follies at Alchemy Theatre Troupe

Dates: 3/6/2020 - 3/14/2020

📍 Theatre:
Alchemy Theatre Troupe

729 9th Avenue #83
Huntington, WV 25701

Phone: 8182016208

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Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the "Weismann's Follies", a musical revue (based on the Ziegfeld Follies), that played in that theatre between the World Wars. It focuses on two couples, Buddy and Sally Durant Plummer and Benjamin and Phyllis Rogers Stone, who are attending the reunion. Sally and Phyllis were showgirls in the Follies. Both couples are deeply unhappy with their marriages. Buddy, a traveling salesman, is having an affair with a girl on the road; Sally is still as much in love with Ben as she was years ago; and Ben is so self-absorbed that Phyllis feels emotionally abandoned. Several of the former showgirls perform their old numbers, sometimes accompanied by the ghosts of their former selves.The musical was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won seven. The original production ran for over 500 performances and several of its songs have become standards, including "Broadway Baby", "I'm Still Here", "Too Many Mornings", "Could I Leave You?", and "Losing My Mind".