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This sixth volume of Celebrate Broadway is dedicated to the women who make Broadway musicals great. The lyrics of “Beautiful Girls” from Stephen Sondheim’s Follies is the perfect introduction to…

…“Broadway Baby” was first performed in 1971 in the musical Follies, it marked the farewell stage appearance of former Ziegfeld star Ethel Shutta. She was in her seventies at the…

…by a steady output of equally successful tunes including the popular “God Bless America.” His songs have been heard in many musical shows including the Ziegfeld Follies, the Music Box…

…begins, Lorelei and Dorothy Shaw, her friend from the Follies, are sailing on the Ile de France to Paris, a gift, it seems, from Lorelei’s generous “sugar daddy,” button tycoon…

…became a musical theater icon (some say god) with three consecutive best score Tony wins for Company, Follies and A Little Night Music, people began investigating Anyone Can Whistle –…