Book by
JAMES GOLDMAN
Music and lyrics by
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Directed originally on Broadway by Harold Prince Produced on the West End of London by Cameron Mackintosh by arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY)
Starring
JOHN DIEDRICH as Ben
ANNE WOOD as Phyllis
PHILIP GOULD as Buddy
and DEBRA BYRNE as Sally
MONIQUE BRYNNEL KENNETH COLLINS
JUDI CONNELLI NANCYE HAYES MELISSA LANGTON
PATTI NEWTON JUDITH ROBERTS BUD TINGWELL
Winner of 7 Tony Awards® including Best Original Score, Choreography and Direction and 7 Drama Desk Awards including Best Lyrics, Music and Choreography.
Director
ROGER HODGMAN
Musical Director
GUY SIMPSON
Choreographer
DANA JOLLY
Costumes
VICTORIA ROWELL
Scenery
RICHARD JEZIORNY
Hats off, here they come,
those beautiful girls.
That’s
what you’ve been waiting for.
To launch our 10th anniversary season is the great musical Follies.
It takes place on the stage of an about-to-be-demolished theatre in 1971. Impresario, Dimitri Weismann is hosting a reunion party for the Weismann Girls who descended his theatre’s staircase in opulence and style in the Follies revues from 1918 to 1941.
This joyously nostalgic party gives each of the guests a chance to step into the limelight and briefly re-visit their magical past. On stage for this night of nights will be stars of Australian musical theatre.
Glamorous dance sequences evoke an era of dazzling chorus girls and memorable melodies. These showbiz sequences are the deceptively bright wrapping paper for William Goldman’s dark book in which the former stars, feeling a sense of regret, reflect on times when life was more settled and more optimistic.
Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning score includes the unforgettable songs “Beautiful Girls”, “Waiting for the Girls Upstairs“, ”Broadway Baby”, “Too Many Mornings”, “Could I Leave You?” and “Losing My Mind”.
6 PERFORMANCES ONLY
All performances with Orchestra Victoria.
VENUE
State Theatre
DATES
16 – 20 JULY 2008
TIMES
Wednesday – Saturday at 7.30 pm
Saturday at 2.00 pm
Sunday at 3.00 pm
