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A Collector’s Sondheim
…one worked in the show, but they all work here. I was surprised to discover the wealth of Follies material extant on RCA. Much of it was written and discarded…
Send In The Clowns: The Ballads Of Stephen Sondheim
…Barbara Cook had never performed a Sondheim song before being cast as Sally Durant in the concert version of Follies with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Bringing her peerless artistry…
Ethan Mordden ON SONDHEIM by Peter Filichia
…Follies. For the record, the runners-up are Streisand in Funny Girl, Merman in Gypsy, and then the original casts of West Side Story and Show Boat. But Follies is the…
SONDHEIM: WORDPLAY at the 92nd Street Y By Peter Filichia
…you some re- / lief” (“Everybody’s Got the Right”). Sondheim also split a word that didn’t result in a rhyme, but sure packed a punch. In “Buddy’s Blues” in FOLLIES,…
A TIME UP AT BAT BOY By Peter Filichia
As I watched the excellent production of BAT BOY at City Center, two other musicals came to mind. ANNIE and FOLLIES. You’re laughing. Fine. But back in 1977, many walked…