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FOLLIES IN BOSTON By Peter Filichia
…FOLLIES’ pre-Broadway tryout at the Colonial Theatre. There the new musical would experience “four intense weeks,” as Ted Chapin described them in his magnificent 2003 book EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE: The…
THE BEST CONCERT OF THE ‘80S By Peter Filichia
…56:07; FOLLIES IN CONCERT amassed 85:41. From then on, the original cast album became FOLLIES LITE – and no one should make light of FOLLIES. The rich and extensive score…
GREEN GREW THE FOOTNOTES ON MARY RODGERS’ SHY By Peter Filichia
…FOLLIES had a (terrific) number called “The Big Time” with a lyric, “Hello, I’m Mary Rogers.” No, it didn’t have the “d,” but it was close enough for my purposes….
IT’S NATIONAL RETRO DAY! By Peter Filichia
…Broadway shows, including two ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, so THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES would be a natural. (And, oh, that “Hooray for Our Favorite Son” number!) The RMS Titanic only saw a…
Dick Latessa
…Rogers Follies, with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Dick Latessa later appeared in a number of musical revivals on Broadway, including Ross and…