Follies
Belasco Theatre
Previews Began: March 8, 2001
Opening Night: April 5, 2001
Closing Night: July 14, 2001
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: Jame Goldman
The follies girls gather at the Weismann Theatre on the eve of its demolition to relive follies from their past and make new ones along the way.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Prologue/Overture………………………………….Company
Beautiful Girls……………………………..Roscoe, Company
Don’t Look at Me……………………………Benjamin Stone,
Sally Durant Plummer
Waiting for the Girls Upstairs………..Buddy Plummer,
Benjamin Stone,
Phyllis Rogers Stone,
Sally Durant Plummer,
Young Buddy, Young Ben,
Young Phyllis, Young Sally
Rain on the Roof…………………………….Emily Whitman,
Theodore Whitman
Ah, Paris!………………………………………..Solange LaFitte
Broadway Baby………………………………….Hattie Walker
The Road You Didn’t Take……………….Benjamin Stone
Danse d’Amour…………Emily, Theodore, Young Emily,
Young Theodore
In Buddy’s Eyes…………………….Sally Durant Plummer
Who’s That Woman?…………..Stella Deems, Company
I’m Still Here……………………………….Carlotta Campion
Too Many Mornings……………………….Benjamin Stone,
Sally Durant Plummer
ACT TWO
The Right Girl………………………………..Buddy Plummer
One More Kiss………………Heidi Schiller, Young Heidi
Could I Leave You?…………………..Phyllis Rogers Stone
The Follies
– The Folly of Love
– Loveland…………………………………………Ensemble
– The Folly of Youth
– You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow………..Young Ben,
Young Phyllis
– Love Will See Us Through……………Young Sally,
Young Buddy
– Buddy’s Folly
– The God-Why-Don’t-You-Love-Me
Blues…………..Buddy Plummer, “Margie,” “Sally”
– Sally’s Folly
– Losing My Mind……………Sally Durant Plummer
– Phyllis’ Folly
– The Story of Lucy and
Jessie………………………………Phyllis Rogers Stone
– Ben’s’ Folly
– Live, Laugh, Love……………………Benjamin Stone
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Blythe Danner Phyllis Rogers Stone
Gregory Harrison Benjamin Stone
Judith Ivey Sally Durant Plummer
Treat Williams Buddy Plummer
Polly Bergen Carlotta Campion
Marge Champion Emily Whitman
Betty Garrett Hattie Walker
Joan Roberts Heidi Schiller
Donald Saddler Theodore Whitman
Jane White Solange LaFitte
Carol Woods Stella Deems
Louis Zorich Dimitri Weismann
Roxane Barlow Young Dee Dee
Buddy’s Blues “Margie”
Lady of the Ensemble
Carol Bentley Young Emily
Lady of the Ensemble
Jessica Leigh Brown Showgirl
Buddy’s Blues “Sally”
Lady of the Ensemble
Stephen Campanella Kevin
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Peter Cormican Sam Deems
Erin Dilly Young Phyllis
Colleen Dunn Showgirl
Lady of the Ensemble
Sally Mae Dunn Young Carlotta
Lady of the Ensemble
Dottie Earle Young Sandra
Lady of the Ensemble
Aldrin Gonzalez Gentleman of the Ensemble
Amy Heggins Showgirl
Lady of the Ensemble
Jacqueline Hendy Young Solange
Lady of the Ensemble
Rod McCune Young Theodore
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Brooke Sunny Moriber Young Heidi
Kelli O’Hara Young Hattie
Lady of the Ensemble
Larry Raiken Roscoe
T. Oliver Reid Gentleman of the Ensemble
Nancy Ringham Sandra Crane
Richard Roland Young Ben
Alex Sanchez Gentleman of the Ensemble
Joey Sorge Young Buddy
Dorothy Stanley Dee Dee West
Allyson Tucker Young Stella
Lady of the Ensemble
Matt Wall Gentleman of the Ensemble
Lauren Ward Young Sally
Wendy Waring Showgirl
Lady of the Ensemble
Swings: Jeffrey Hankinson, Nadine Isenegger, Parisa Ross
Standby: Joan Barber (Heidi Schiller, Sandra Crane, Dee Dee West), Don Correia (Benjamin Stone, Buddy Plummer, Theodore Whitman)
REPLACEMENTS
Marni Nixon Heidi Schiller
Tom Brennan Dimitri Weismann
Emily Rabon Hall Young Hattie
Lady of the Ensemble
Joe Langworth Gentleman of the Ensemble
Kelli O’Hara Young Phyllis
Noah Racey Young Theodore
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Randy Slovacek Young Roscoe
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Standby: Michael Scott (Benjamin Stone, Buddy Plummer, Theodore Whitman)