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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…
Second-Acting Show Music
…ever written during a pre-Broadway tryout. (The best, of course, is “I’m Still Here” – but it comes early in Follies.) I’m not sure if I’d put “Sing Happy” from…
It Says Here in This Book
…chapter on “The Cast Album,” telling us of vinyl’s roots and progress as one of America’s most cherished musical souvenirs. Let’s put it this way: in Follies, when Phyllis mentions…
2013: I Resolve
…least cover your first week. And finally: 14: When I’m playing a recording on which a big production number comes up – “Who’s That Woman?” (Follies), “We’ll Take a Glass…
Sweet Seventeen
…and well-traveled that he’s even been to the newest Broadway sensation: The Ziegfeld Follies. That allows him to replicate a number he saw: “Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, What You Do to…