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Follies
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 5, 2001
Closed Jul 14, 2001

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http://www.folliesonbroadway.com

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Considered by many to be one of the greatest musicals of all time, Follies transports the audience to the once-spectacular, but now crumbling, Weissman Theatre, where on the eve of its demolition, ghosts from its glorious past return and showgirls from decades ago reunite--and remember--one last time. This truly amazing musical features a book by James Goldman and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
May be inappropriate for children ages 12 and under.
Children ages 4 and under are not permitted in the theater.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Belasco Theatre
111 W 44th St
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Stephen Sondheim has been sung--pun definitely intended--for just about 45 years now. It's primarily his lyrics that have prompted the deafening hosannas, but his melodies are every bit as polished, sleek, sinuous, and kinetic. The truth of the statement has rarely been more apparent than in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Follies. Sondheim will never need to be told, as the Ed Kleban figure is in A Class Act, that perhaps his words are better than his music. By the time the letters spelling out "Follies" that sit upstage on Mark Thompson's deliberate shambles of a set blaze fleetingly for the last time, Sondheim has without question been established as the occasion's conquerin[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Apr 6, 2001

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