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Follies

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“Brilliant.” –Newsweek “Intoxicating! Sondheim’s achingly introspective score ranks among the most sublime he’s ever written.” –Washington Post “Goldman’s many-layered book merges past and present with resonating counterpoint, linking bittersweet memories of the past with an homage to survivors of a glorious age.” –Variety “Oh bliss! You realize anew just why Follies is one of the greatest musicals ever written.” –New York Times “Uniquely powerful and evanescent.” –Los Angeles Times When former members of the Weismann Follies reunite on the eve of their theatre’s demolition, two couples remember their glorious past and face the harsher realities of the present. In the crumbling glamour of the theatre, the shadows of their younger selves remind them of the complicated steps they’ve danced—both on the stage and throughout their lives. Winner of seven Tony Awards, Follies echoes the songs, exuberance and romance of the lively vaudevillian days between the two World Wars. With such well-known songs as “Broadway Baby,” “I’m Still Here,” “Too Many Mornings,” “Could I Leave You?” and “Losing My Mind,” Follies gives words to the ghosts that haunt the stages of Broadway’s great old theatres.

Author Biography:

Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) was a celebrated American composer and lyricist, one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre. Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987). He won many awards including eight Tony Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 2008), eight Grammy Awards, an Olivier Award, an Academy Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom. James Goldman (1927–1998) was an American screenwriter and playwright. He is most noted as the author of The Lion in Winter, for which he received an Academy Award, and as the author of the book for the Broadway musical Follies.
Release date Australia
October 27th, 2011
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Edition
US edition
Pages
128
Dimensions
135x213x10
ISBN-13
9781559364171
Product ID
18403255

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