Follies
Original Broadway Production [1971]
Production Info
OPENING
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April 4, 1971
CLOSING: July 1, 1972
Winter Garden Theatre [New York, NY]
522 perf.
Opening Night Cast
- Dick Latessa [Major-Domo]
- Dorothy Collins [Sally Durant Plummer]
- Marti Rolph [Young Sally]
- Ethel Barrymore Colt [Christine Donovan]
- Fred Kelly [Willy Wheeler]
- Mary McCarty [Stella Deems]
- John J. Martin [Max Deems]
- Justine Johnston [Heidi Schiller]
- John Grigas [Chauffeur]
- Sheila Smith [Meredith Lane]
- Peter Walker (i) [Chet Richards]
- Michael Bartlett [Roscoe]
- Helon Blount [Dee Dee West]
- Sonja Levkova [Sandra Donovan]
- Ethel Shutta [Hattie Walker]
- Mary Jane Houdina [Young Hattie]
- Marcie Stringer [Emily Whitman]
- Charles Welch (ii) [Theodore Whitman]
- Victor Griffin [Vincent]
- Jayne Turner [Vanessa]
- Michael Misita [Young Vincent]
- Graciela Daniele [Young Vanessa]
- Fifi D'Orsay [Solange LaFitte]
- Yvonne De Carlo [Carlotta Campion]
- Alexis Smith [Phyllis Rogers Stone]
- John McMartin [Benjamin Stone]
- Virginia Sandifur [Young Phyllis]
- Kurt Peterson [Young Ben]
- Gene Nelson [Buddy Plummer]
- Harvey Evans [Young Buddy]
- Arnold Moss [Dimitri Weismann]
- Ralph Nelson (i) [Kevin]
- Julie Pars [Young Stella]
- Victoria Mallory [Young Heidi]
- Taft Jordan [Party Musicians]
- Aaron Bell (i) [Party Musicians]
- Charles Spies [Party Musicians]
- Robert Curtis [Party Musicians]
- Suzanne Briggs [Showgirls]
- Trudy Carson [Showgirls]
- Kathie Dalton [Showgirls]
- Ursula Maschmeyer [Showgirls]
- Linda Perkins [Showgirls]
- Margot Travers [Showgirls]
- Graciela Daniele [Ensemble]
- Mary Jane Houdina [Ensemble]
- Rita O'Connor [Ensemble]
- Julie Pars [Ensemble]
- Suzanne Rogers [Ensemble]
- Roy Barry [Ensemble]
- Steven Boockvor [Ensemble]
- Michael Misita [Ensemble]
- Joseph Nelson [Ensemble]
- Ralph Nelson (i) [Ensemble]
- Kenneth Urmston [Ensemble]
- Donald Weissmuller [Ensemble]
Staff/Creatives
- Harold Prince [Producer]
- Ruth Mitchell [Producer (in association with)]
- Harold Prince [Director]
- Michael Bennett [Director]
- Michael Bennett [Choreography]
- Harold Hastings [Musical Director]
- Boris Aronson [Settings]
- Florence Klotz [Costumes]
- Tharon Musser [Lighting]
- Jack Mann (i) [Sound]
- Jonathan Tunick [Orchestrations]
- John Berkman [Dance Arrangements]
- Harold Hastings [Vocal Arrangements]
Authors
- James Goldman [Book]
- Stephen Sondheim [Music & Lyrics]
Video [add]
Alexis Smith performs "Could I Leave You?" on Great Performances on PBS.
Yvonne DeCarlo performs "I'm Still Here" on David Frost during the Broadway run. This is part of a longer show which featured Alexis Smith, Dorothy Collins and others from the cast.
Yvonne DeCarlo sings "I'm Still Here" at the Hollywood Bowl.
Dorothy Collins performs "Losing My Mind" on the David Frost Show.
Alexis Smith recreates "Lucy and Jessie" on the 1975 Tony Awards.
Stephen Sondheim sings "Can That Boy Foxtrot" on David Frost.
Virginia Sandifur, Kurt Peterson, Harvey Evans and Marti Rolph perform "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through" on David Frost.
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