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Sweeney Todd (Highlights) – Original Broadway Cast 1979
Always eager to do something different, after having tackled a Ziegfeld-type lavish revue (Follies) and a Japanese-style musical with pseudo historical tones (Pacific Overtures), Stephen Sondheim turned his creativity to…
A Tale of Two Fiddler Songs
…Sondheim-Goldman musical.” Lucky for all of us that he changed his mind and eventually produced and co-directed the show that would be called Follies.) In 1971, Sheldon Harnick himself performed…
A HARD BED AND A CHAIR
…the 1971 Sondheim, commenting on middle-aged jaded New Yorkers (and Phoenicians) in Follies. Note in “What More Do I Need?” (from the earlier show) that the young female character proclaims…
Ninety-Five Easy Ways to Lose a Man?
…(Nine) – Luisa Contini decides that enough is more than enough with her straying husband. 6. “Could I Leave You?” (Follies) – From all that Phyllis sings, she sounds as…
Going Forward from A to Z
…such songs offer many pleasures, with melodies that range from pleasant to memorable and lyrics that go from incisive to hilarious. To paraphrase a song from Follies that does not…