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…On a Clear Day, Brigadoon and Follies – all original (or ostensibly original) musicals. And only after writing the piece did I remember another example from another original: David Zippel…

…Jerome Robbins’ Broadway were marked exceptions; for some reason, each of them came in a box. But double-disc Cowardy Custard, Follies in Concert, Sondheim: A Musical Tribute and Sweeney Todd…

…the best number ever written out of town until Sondheim himself eclipsed it nine years later when he wrote “I’m Still Here” for FOLLIES. FORUM’S original marquee at the then-Alvin…

…be fair, Sondheim’s song in FOLLIES was always intended to be pastiche). And could Coward have had a sensational ‘20s murder trial in mind when he wrote “In Chicago, Illinois,…

…the follies of love, a subject that The Go-Go’s often covered in joyous, even innocent songs. The only heavy metal on the premises is what was needed either to build…