Event |
Follies
|
Venue |
The State Theatre, Melbourne, VIC |
Umbrella Event |
Broadway Classics Season 2008 |
First Date |
16 July 2008 |
Opening Date |
16 July 2008 |
Last Date |
20 July 2008 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
Stephen Sondheim's tribute to the early history of musicals. 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 revisit 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 James 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. |
Description Source |
Programme |
Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
|
Secondary Genre |
Musical
Concert
|
Subjects |
Singers
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
Name |
Function |
Notes |
Gemma Ashley-Kaplan
|
Actor
|
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Gemma Ashley-Kaplan
|
Actor and Singer
|
Young Sally Durant
|
Natalya Bobenko
|
Actor and Singer
|
Young Emily Witman / Chorus
|
Ben Brown
|
Actor and Singer
|
Chorus
|
Rohan Browne
|
Actor and Singer
|
Young Theodore Whitman / Chorus
|
Monique Brynnel
|
Actor and Singer
|
Solange Lafitte
|
Debra Byrne
|
Actor and Singer
|
Sally Durant Plummer
|
Melina Charles
|
Actor and Singer
|
Showgirl / Chorus
|
Amelia Christo
|
Actor and Singer
|
Chorus
|
Kenneth Collins
|
Actor and Singer
|
Roscoe
|
Judi Connelli
|
Actor and Singer
|
Carlotta Campion
|
John Diedrich
|
Actor and Singer
|
Benjamin Stone
|
Chris Durling
|
Actor and Singer
|
Young Buddy Plummer
|
Joanna Leigh Fripp
|
Actor and Singer
|
"Sally"
|
Philip Gould
|
Actor and Singer
|
Buddy Plummer
|
Margaret Haggart
|
Actor and Singer
|
Heidi Schiller
|
Nancye Hayes
|
Actor and Singer
|
Hattie Walker
|
Nick Jones
|
Actor and Singer
|
Chorus
|
Laine Lamont
|
Actor and Singer
|
Deedee West
|
Sarah Landy
|
Actor and Singer
|
Chorus
|
Melissa Langton
|
Actor and Singer
|
Stella Deems
|
Amy Lehpamer
|
Actor and Singer
|
Young Phyllis Rogers
|
Stephen Mahy
|
Actor and Singer
|
Young Benjamin Stone
|
Loredo Malcolm
|
Actor and Singer
|
Chorus
|
Mutu Jesse Malcolm
|
Actor and Singer
|
Chorus
|
Brooke McDowell
|
Actor and Singer
|
Showgirl / Chorus
|
Tim McDowell
|
Actor and Singer
|
Chorus
|
Patti Newton
|
Actor and Singer
|
Emily Whitman
|
Mary-Jean O'Doherty
|
Actor and Singer
|
Young Heidi Schiller
|
Angela Stapleton
|
Actor and Singer
|
"Margie" / Chorus
|
Charles Bud Tingwell
|
Actor and Singer
|
Dimitri Weisman
|
Jack Webster
|
Actor and Singer
|
Theodore Whitman
|
Stephen Wheat
|
Actor and Singer
|
Kevin / Chorus
|
Hayley Winch
|
Actor and Singer
|
Chorus
|
Anne Wood
|
Actor and Singer
|
Phyllis Rogers Stone
|
Teagan Wouters
|
Actor and Singer
|
Chorus
|
Dana Jolly
|
Choreographer
|
|
Adam Lowe
|
Company Manager
|
|
Stephen Sondheim
|
Composer
|
|
Victoria Rowell
|
Costume Designer
|
|
Brooke McDowell
|
Dance Director
|
|
Roger Hodgman
|
Director
|
|
Paul Jackson
|
Lighting Designer
|
|
Stephen Sondheim
|
Lyricist
|
|
Jack Grant
|
Mechanist, Head
|
|
Guy Simpson
|
Musical Director
|
|
Matthew Thorne
|
Musician, Bassist
|
|
Andrea Taylor
|
Musician, Cellist
|
|
James Bradley
|
Musician, Clarinetist
|
5th Reed
|
Stuart Brownley
|
Musician, Clarinetist
|
2nd Reed
|
Grania Burke
|
Musician, Clarinetist
|
3rd Reed
|
Tony Hicks
|
Musician, Clarinetist
|
1st Reed
|
Penny Stevenson
|
Musician, Clarinetist
|
4th Reed
|
Dean Cooper
|
Musician, Drummer
|
|
John Paine
|
Musician, Guitarist
|
|
Mary Anderson
|
Musician, Harpist
|
|
Deborah Hart
|
Musician, Hornist
|
|
Conrad Nilsson
|
Musician, Percussionist
|
|
Greg Roberts
|
Musician, Pianist
|
|
Peter Brosnan
|
Musician, Trombonist
|
|
Geraldine Evers
|
Musician, Trombonist
|
|
Anthony Gilham
|
Musician, Trombonist
|
|
Mark Skillington
|
Musician, Trumpeter
|
|
Robert Smithies
|
Musician, Trumpeter
|
|
Greg Spence
|
Musician, Trumpeter
|
|
Charlotte Armstrong
|
Musician, Violinist
|
|
Alyssa Conrau
|
Musician, Violinist
|
|
Lubino Fernandes
|
Musician, Violinist
|
|
Ceridwen Jones
|
Musician, Violinist
|
|
Ellen Mentiplay
|
Musician, Violinist
|
|
John Noble
|
Musician, Violinist
|
|
Nadine Delbridge
|
Musician, Violist
|
|
Richard Jeziorny
|
Scenic Artist
|
|
Mark Benson
|
Sound Designer
|
|
Peter Grubb
|
Sound Designer
|
|
Shelly Lee
|
Sound Designer
|
|
David Greasley
|
Sound Operator / Engineer
|
|
Kirsten Marr
|
Stage Manager
|
|
Kylie Hammond
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
Bonnie Walsh
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
David Miller
|
Technical Director
|
|
Anthony Shaw
|
Technician
|
Radio Microphones
|
Merren Spink
|
Technician
|
Radio Microphones
|
James Goldman
|
Writer
|
|
Kim Bishop
|
|
|
Gay Gallacher
|
|
|
Alison Kidd
|
|
|
Loclan Mackenzie-Spencer
|
|
Rehearsals
|
Greg Roberts
|
|
Rehearsals
|
|
Resources |
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Album:  Gavin D Andrew, Photographs from FOLLIES, 2008
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Article:  Harbant Gill, Power of 10, The Herald Sun, 5 March 2008, 65
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Programme:  The Production Company, FOLLIES Program, 2008
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Review:  Follies, Australian Stage Online, 17 July 2008
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Review:  Jim Murphy, Follies, The Age, 22 August 2008
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Review:  Jim Murphy, Sheer folly to miss this sensation, The Age, 18 July 2008, 15
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Websites / Online media:  The Production Company, FOLLIES Cast, 2008
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
United States of America
|
Production Nationality |
Australia
|
Event Status |
Completed
|
Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Web |
http://www.theproductioncompany.com.au/follies.html |
Newspaper |
Article |
Programme |
Mark Gogoll |
Programme |
https://www.theproductioncompany.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Follies-2008-v2.pdf |
Review |
The Age, 18/07/2008 |
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Event Identifier
| 75101 |
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