1. Musical By James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim
Follies
Musical By James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim

2. Follies Premier: April 4, 1971 Location: Winter Garden Theater

3. Directed by: Harold Prince and Micheal Bennett
Choreographer: Michael Bennett
Musical Director: Harold Hastings
Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick
Scenic Design: Boris Aronson
Costume Design: Florence Klotz
Lighting Design: Tharon Musser

4. Follies Cast Alexis Smith Dorothy Collins Kurt Peterson
Major-Domo - Dick Latessa
Sally Durant Pkummer - Dorothy Collins
Young Sally - Marti Ralph
Christine Crane - Ethel Barrymore Coli
Willy Wheeler - Fred Kelly
Stella Deems - Mary McCarty
Max Deems - John J. Martin
Heidi Schiller - Justine Johnston
Chauffeur - John Grigas
Meredith Lane - Sheila Smith
Chet Richards - Peter Walker
Roscoe - Michael Bartlett
Deedee West - Helon Blount
Sandra Donovan - Sonja Levkova
Hattie Walker - Ethel Shutta
Emily Wittman - Marcie Stringer
Theodore Whitman - Charles Welch
Vincent - Victor Griffen
Vanessa - Jayne Turner
Alexis Smith
Dorothy
Collins
Kurt Peterson

5. Gene Nelson Fifi D’Orsay Yvonne De Carlo
Young Vincent - Michael Misita
Young Vanessa - Graciela Daniele
Solange Lafitte - Fifi D’Orsay
Carlotta Campion - Yvonne De Carlo
Phyllis Rogers Stone - Alexis Smith
Benjamin Stone - John McMartin
Young Phyllis - Virginia Sandiur
Young Ben - Kurt Peterson
Buddy Plummer - Gene Nelson
Young Buddy - Harvey Evans
Dimitri Weismann - Arnold Moss
Young Stella - Julie Pars
Young Heidi - Victoria Mallory
Kevin - Ralph Nelson
Gene Nelson
Fifi D’Orsay
Yvonne De Carlo

6. Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Jj0ZLyHQA Prologue Overtune
Beautiful Girls
Don’t Look at Me
Waiting for the Girls Upstairs
Montage
The Road You Didn’t Take
Bolero d’Amour
In Buddy’s Eyes
Who’s that Women?
I’m Still Here
Too Many Mornings
The Right Girl

7. One More Kiss
Could I Leave You?
You're Gonna Love Tomorrow You're Gonna Love Tomorrow
The God-Way-Don’t-You-Love-Me Blues
Losing My Mind
The Story of Lucy and Jessie
Live, Laugh, love
Chaos
Finale
Loveland

8. Final Show: July 1, 1972
Total Performances: 552

9. Awards Best Musical and Lyrics (Stephen Sondheim)
Tony Awards
Best Musical and Lyrics (Stephen Sondheim)
Best Director (Harold Prince and Michael Bennett)
Best Choreographer (Michael Bennett)
Best Scenic Design (Boris Aronson)
Best Costumes (Florence Klotz)
Best Lighting (Tharon Musser)
Other Awards
New York Drama Critics’ Award for Best Musical

10. THEATRE THE LAST MUSICAL
February 26, 1971
Frank Rich
The Harvard Crimsons
Frank found the play breath taking and that it was very real in the moment.

11. Flipping Over ‘Follies’
Martin Gottfried
April 25,1971
New York Times
Martins says that Follies has it imperfections, but is truly a great musical.

12. stage: ‘Follies’ COUPLES, YEARS LATER
Clive Barnes
April 5, 1971
The New York Times
Clive loves the art, music, lyrics, and finds it very stylish.