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PAUL FORD TELLS ALL By Peter Filichia
…piano. He describes late twentieth-century British Invasion musicals as “Every day a little death.” You’ll understand why he insists that in any production of FOLLIES, Phyllis should not be lifted…
SHRINK RAP By Peter Filichia
…the 1987 London production of FOLLIES. Phyllis and Ben, married for decades, are in a rut so deep that they may yet journey to the center of the earth. In…
SONDHEIM AND HE: PAUL SALSINI REMINISCES
…has to go through stages like that! And speaking of FOLLIES, if we ever had to wonder how different it was from THE GIRLS UPSTAIRS, Sondheim reported that “It’s the…
THE “SEND IN THE CLOWNS” MUSICAL TURNS 50
…after Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince did Follies in 1971, this is the comedy-drama that they next wanted to musicalize. Anouilh turned them down. Rather than fighting vainly the old…
NO, NO, NANETTE By Peter Filichia
…gestation of FOLLIES. But don’t overlook Don Dunn’s The Making of NO, NO, NANETTE. The paperback’s back cover sports expected enthusiastic quotations from reviewers as well as a statement from…