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Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The plot centers on a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the Ziegfeld Follies). The evening follows a reunion of the Weismann Girls who performed during the interwar period. Several of ...
The character Lillian Bennett, played by Carol Burnett, sang the song in Touched by an Angel season 4, episode 10: "The Comeback". Burnett also sang the song in character as Carlotta in Follies in Concert (1985). The character Kurt Hummel, played by Chris Colfer, sang the song in a Glee episode in a Sondheim tribute episode in season five ...
Could I Leave You?" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1971 musical Follies for the character Phyllis. Synopsis Phyllis sings to her husband about how ...
New Movietone Follies of 1930; No, No Nanette; Oh, For a Man! Oh Sailor Behave! One Mad Kiss; Pardon My Gun; Paramount on Parade; Playboy of Paris; Puttin' on the Ritz; Queen High; Roadhouse Nights; Reaching for the Moon; The Rogue Song; Safety in Numbers; The Sap from Syracuse; She Couldn't Say No; Showgirl in Hollywood; Song o' My Heart; Song ...
Losing My Mind" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim originally for the 1971 musical Follies for the character of a former showgirl, Sally Durant Plummer. The song became a popular top ten hit for singer and actress Liza Minnelli in 1989 on the UK Singles Chart and in Europe. "Losing My Mind" has been covered by many artists over the years.
Stephen Sondheim circa 1970. Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist whose most acclaimed works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987).
"A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" was the hit song of that year's Follies, and became the theme song for all later Follies. [5] [7] [8] In the 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld, the song was the centerpiece musical number performed on a huge set containing a spiral staircase, which has been compared to a wedding cake [9] [10] or "giant meringue". [11]
Pennington often added songs to her dance routines. One of the highlights of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 was her song and dance routine Tango-Palace. [14] In her first talking film, Tanned Legs, she sang and danced You're Responsible with Allen Kearns. [15] Two recordings of her singing are notably available: