Follies: In Concert

Michael Houldey
1986-03-14


7
90 min

A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. The plot of the musical centers around a reunion of showgirls who appeared in an annual Follies extravaganza when it was staged between the wars.

Cast

Name Character Team
Andre Gregory Dimitri Weismann Unowned
Stephen Sondheim Self- Composer Unowned
Arthur Rubin Roscoe Unowned
Barbara Cook Sally Durant Plummer Unowned
George Hearn Benjamin Stone Unowned
Herbert Ross Self- Concert Director Unowned
Jim Walton Young Buddy Unowned
Paul Gemignani Self- Conductor Unowned
Howard McGillin Young Ben Unowned
Mandy Patinkin Buddy Plummer Unowned
Lee Remick Phyllis Rogers Stone Unowned
Liz Callaway Young Sally Unowned
Daisy Prince Young Phyllis Unowned
Betty Comden Emily Whitman Unowned
Adolph Green Theodore Whitman Unowned
Liliane Montevecchi Solange Lafitte Unowned
Elaine Stritch Hattie Walker Unowned
Phyllis Newman Stella Deems Unowned
Carol Burnett Carlotta Campion Unowned
Licia Albanese Heidi Schiller Unowned
Erie Mills Young Heidi Unowned
Ronn Carroll Chorus Unowned
Susan Cella Chorus Unowned
Robert Henderson Chorus Unowned
Frank Kopyc Chorus Unowned
Marti Morris Chorus Unowned
Ted Sperling Chorus Unowned
Susan Terry Chorus Unowned
Sandra Wheeler Chorus Unowned
Karen Fraction Dancer Unowned
Jamie M. Pisano Dancer Unowned
Elvera Sciarra Dancer Unowned
Roy Scheider Narrator Unowned
Thomas Z. Shepard Self - Interviewee Unowned