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By Peter Filichia Sure, listen to Sondheim’s “Uptown/Downtown” (cut from Follies) and you’ll be astonished by the rhymes and wordplay. Pull out E.Y. Harburg’s “When I’m Not Near the Girl…

…this era where younger generations won’t even consider watching black-and-white movies, let alone silents. Brenda Frazier, the society lass famous for her 1938 $75,000 debutante ball, was immortalized in Follies…

What’s the best production number I’ve seen in more than a half-century of attending musicals? “Who’s That Woman?” from Follies, of course. Second place? “We’ll Take a Glass Together” from…

…lyrics to this pseudo-nightmare? The result was a dream for the actors, audience and every character except Lazar Wolf. Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman: “Who’s That Woman?” (Follies) – Sure,…

…Aronson’s drawing of the brooding set that made all things dark and beautiful for Follies. Despite these glories to our eyes, Weimer divulges a fascinating and seemingly contradictory quotation from…