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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…
DAVID H. LEWIS, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? By Peter Filichia
…he expected the Tsar to say, “On second thought, you can all stay!” Although Lewis says FOLLIES offers a “fascinating amalgam,” he only gives it only four stars, too –…
Harold Rome
…Follies of 1943; Call Me Mister (1946), performed by members of the armed forces; Alive and Kicking (1950); and Bless You All (1950), with Pearl Bailey. In 1952, Rome wrote…