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Follies
''Follies'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the "Weismann's Follies", a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Follies''), that played in that theatre between the world wars. It focuses on two couples, Buddy and Sally Durant Plummer and Benjamin and Phyllis Rogers Stone, who are attending the reunion. Sally and Phyllis were showgirls in the Follies. Both couples are deeply unhappy with their marriages. Buddy, a traveling salesman, is having an affair with a girl on the road; Sally is still as much in love with Ben as she was years ago; and Ben is so self-absorbed that Phyllis feels emotionally abandoned. Several of the former showgirls perform their old numbers, sometimes accompanied by the ghosts of their former selves.
The Broadway production opened on April 4, 1971, directed by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett, and with choreography by Bennett. The musical was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won seven. The original production, which ultimately lost its entire investment, ran for 522 performances. The piece has enjoyed a number of major revivals, and several of its songs have become standards, including "Broadway Baby", "I'm Still Here", "Too Many Mornings", "Could I Leave You?", and "Losing My Mind".
==Background==
After the failure of ''Do I Hear A Waltz?'' (1965), for which he had written the lyrics to Richard Rodgers's music, Sondheim decided that he would henceforth work only on projects where he could write both the music and lyrics himself. He asked author and playwright James Goldman to join him as bookwriter for a new musical. Inspired by a ''New York Times'' article about a gathering of former showgirls from the Ziegfeld Follies, they decided upon a story about ex-showgirls.〔Chapin, pp. xxii–xxvi, 7〕
Originally titled ''The Girls Upstairs'', the musical was originally to be produced by David Merrick and Leland Hayward in late 1967, but the plans ultimately fell through, and Stuart Ostrow became the producer, with Joseph Hardy to direct. These plans also did not work out,〔Citron, Stephen. (''Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical'', "Chapter:Prince and Company" ). ''Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical'', Oxford University Press US, 2001, ISBN 0-19-509601-0, pp.159-160〕 and finally Harold Prince, who had worked previously with Sondheim, became the producer and director. He had agreed to work on ''The Girls Upstairs'' if Sondheim would agree to work on ''Company''; Michael Bennett, the young choreographer of ''Company'', was also brought onto the project. It was Prince who changed the title to ''Follies''; he was "intrigued by the psychology of a reunion of old chorus dancers and loved the play on the word 'follies'".〔
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