THEATER RATINGS: New Releases

Category: Musical Revival

Composer: Stephen Sondheim

Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim

Book Writer: James Goldman

Director: Eric Schaeffer

Cast: Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines, and Elaine Page

Synopsis: The Weismann Follies showgirls reunite before their old theatre is torn down, singing and dancing their old numbers and confronting past regrets and misplaced hopes, in a look at the decay of show business and the dangers of living in the past.

Theatre: Marquis Theatre

Opened: September 12, 2011

Closed: January 22, 2012 (152 performances)

Previous Broadway Productions: 1971 and 2001

Previous Tony Awards:
Best Original Score (Stephen Sondheim, 1972)
Best Actress in a Musical: (Alexis Smith, 1972)
Best Direction of a Musical (Harold Prince, 1972)