Follies

Original Broadway Cast (Pre-Broadway First Preview) (1971)

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Private
Origin: Live/Audience
Material Included: Excerpts
Date Recorded: February 20, 1971

Identifying Features: <ul> <li>Includes the original version of the opening, "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" with a different ending; "Can That Boy Foxtrot!" (long version), rather than "I'm Still Here"; a different version of "The Right Girl" (including the ending heard on the original cast recording but not during the Broadway run); and "Uptown, Downtown," rather than "The Story of Lucy and Jessie."</li> <li>Other minor lyrics differences in several songs.</li> <li>The placements of "In Buddy's Eyes" and "The Road You Didn't Take" are switched.</li> </ul>
Recorded By: not entered yet

Credits

Staff

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Conductor

Cast

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Emily Whitman
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Theodore Whitman
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Chet Richards
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Heidi Schiller
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Vernon
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Terry Donovan
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Christine Donovan
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Hattie Walker
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Young Hattie
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Stella Deems
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Max Deems
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Solange LaFitte
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Sandra Wheeler
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Willy Wheeler
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Vincent
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Vanessa
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Young Vincent
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Young Vanessa
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Randy
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Meredith Lane
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Deedee West
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Roscoe
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Roscoe's Daughter
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Phyllis Stone
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Benjamin Stone
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Sally Durant Plummer
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Buddy Plummer
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Young Sally
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Young Phyllis
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Dimitri Weismann
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Young Buddy
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Young Ben
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Francesca
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Kevin
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Young Heidi

Track List

The song list for this recording has been verified as complete.

Tracks

  • Beautiful Girls .... Roscoe and Company
  • Don't Look at Me .... Sally, Ben
  • Waiting for the Girls Upstairs .... Buddy, Ben, Phyllis, Sally, Young Buddy, Young Ben, Young Phyllis, Young Sally
  • Rain on the Roof .... The Whitmans
  • Broadway Baby .... Hattie
  • Ah, Paris! .... Solange
  • In Buddy's Eyes .... Sally
  • Bolero d'Amour .... Vincent and Vanessa
  • The Road You Didn't Take .... Ben
  • Who's That Woman? .... Stella and Company
  • Can That Boy Fox Trot! .... Carlotta
  • Too Many Mornings .... Ben, Sally
  • The Right Girl .... Buddy
  • One More Kiss .... Heidi, Young Heidi
  • Could I Leave You? .... Phyllis
  • The Folly of Love: Loveland .... The Ensemble
  • The Folly of Youth: You're Gonna Love Tomorrow .... Young Phyllis and Young Ben
  • The Folly of Youth: Love Will See Us Through .... Young Sally and Young Buddy
  • Buddy's Folly: The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues .... Buddy and Friends
  • Sally's Folly: Losing My Mind .... Sally
  • Phyllis's Folly: Uptown Downtown .... Phyllis and Dancers
  • Ben's Folly: Live, Laugh, Love .... Ben and Company

Trivia & History

Since this recording is from Boston, the cast list to the left reflects what was in a Boston playbill from early in the run there.

Recording Info

Recording Type: Private
Origin: Live/Audience
Material Included: Excerpts
Date Recorded: February 20, 1971

Identifying Features: <ul> <li>Includes the original version of the opening, "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" with a different ending; "Can That Boy Foxtrot!" (long version), rather than "I'm Still Here"; a different version of "The Right Girl" (including the ending heard on the original cast recording but not during the Broadway run); and "Uptown, Downtown," rather than "The Story of Lucy and Jessie."</li> <li>Other minor lyrics differences in several songs.</li> <li>The placements of "In Buddy's Eyes" and "The Road You Didn't Take" are switched.</li> </ul>
Recorded By: not entered yet

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