1. Follies Revival
By Savara Gunn

2. When and Where Opened at the Belasco Theatre
Previews: Opened March 8, 2001
Total Previews: 31
Opening Date: April 5, 2001
Closing Date: July 14, 2001
Total Performances: 117

3. Cast… The Follied Four Dimitri Weismann- Louis Zorich
Sally Durant Plummer- Judith Ivey
Phyllis Roger Stone- Blythe Danner
Benjamin Stone- Gregory Harrison Buddy Plummer- Treat Williams
Young Sally- Lauren Ward
Young Phyllis- Erin Dilly
Young Buddy- Joey Sorge
Young Ben- Richard Roland
Hattie Walker- Betty Garrett
Solange Lafitte- Jane White
Emily Whitman- Marge Champion
Theodore Whitman- Donald Saddler
Heidi Schiller- Joan Roberts
Stella Deems- Peter Cormican
Carlotta Campion- Polly Bergen
Roscoe- Larry Raiken
Judith Ivey (Sally)
The
Follied
Four
Blythe Danner
(Phyllis)
Gregory Harrison
(Ben)
Treat Williams
(Buddy)

4. And Crew!
Director Matthew Warchus Choreography Kathleen Marshall Setting Mark Thompson Costumes Theoni V. Aldredge Lighting Hugh Vanstone
Sound Jonathan Deans Hair Design Paul Huntley Musical Director Eric Stern Producer Roundabout Theatre Company
Matthew Warchus
Eric Stern

5. Tony’s Nominated For: Tony Award® 2001 Best Revival of a Musical-
Blythe Danner with Bruce Paltrow at the 2001 Tony’s
Nominated For:
Tony Award® 2001 Best Revival of a Musical-
Producers
2001 Best Actress in a Musical-
Blythe Danner (Phyllis)
2001 Best Featured Actress in a Musical-
Polly Bergen (Carlotta)
2001 Best Costume Design-
Theoni V. Aldredge
2001 Best Orchestrations-
Jonathan Tunick
2001 Tony’s Best Revival of a Musical nominees
(Follies: Bottom Left)

6. Polly Bergen- I’m Still Here (Tony’s 2001)

7. Drama Desk Nominations: 2001 Outstanding Revival of a Musical-
Producers
2001 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical-
Polly Bergen (Carlotta)
2001 Outstanding Orchestrations-
Jonathan Tunick

8. Review: John Kenrick Link: http://www.musicals101.com/foll01.htm
“This approach has possibilities, but it would take a master of musical stagecraft to pull it off.”
“And who decided to cut the orchestra to only fourteen musicians? It is a damn disgrace for Roundabout to charge full price for half an orchestration ' boo, hiss!”
“Williams' co-stars are three of the most gifted actors I know, so it broke my heart to see them so woefully miscast.”

9. Review: Ben Brantley
Link: gold.html
“What is widely remembered as a ravishing musical elegy for an era in American show business has resurfaced as a small, bleak and pedestrian tale of two unhappy marriages.”
But Mr. Warchus, the British director best known here for his smart, minimalist productions of ''Art'' and ''True West,'' seems to have little feel for ''Follies'' as fantasia...He has, accordingly, cast actors instead of singers in the lead roles.”
What is largely missing, however, is an authentic sense of the show-biz fantasy machine that shaped these performers.

10. Review: Charles Isherwood
Link:
“Ivey is sorely taxed by the range of some of her songs — particularly “In Buddy’s Eyes” — while Danner’s dancing in “The Story of Lucy and Jessie” is mostly chorus boy-assisted posing — and hardly persuasive at that. But these are actresses of the first rank, and they give touching and thoughtful performances.”
“Danner nails both aspects of the character in a performance to relish. Her line readings are models of intelligent acting: Note how she slaps a layer of self-mockery on top of Goldman’s occasional clunkers.”
“Designer Mark Thompson has done a marvelous job of distressing the Belasco — or merely exposing its age spots — but more money seems to have been spent tearing the theater apart than constructing things to put onstage”

11. Works Cited
Brantley, Ben. "A Gritty Vision Of Faded Gold." The New York Times. The New York Times, 05 Apr Web. 10 Oct
By the Final Scene, This Quartet Is No Wiser and Just as Miserable. "Follies on Broadway (Revival 2001)." Follies on Broadway (Revival 2001). N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct
"Follies | Luminous FX." Luminous FX. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct
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Isherwood, Charles. "Review: ‘Follies’." Variety. Variety, 05 Apr Web. 10 Oct
League, The Broadway. "IBDB.com." Follies – Broadway Musical – 2001 Revival. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct
Letter, By. "OVRTUR." Credits for Follies (Broadway Revival, 2001). N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct