Great Performances Follies in Concert (Season 14, Episode 10)
TV-G
TV Episode | 90 min | Music, Musical

Great Performances

Follies in Concert (Season 14, Episode 10)

TV-G

TV Episode | 90 min | Music, Musical

Film of the legendary 1985 concert performance presented by the New York Philharmonic of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The plot of the musical centers around a reunion of showgirls who appeared ...See moreFilm of the legendary 1985 concert performance presented by the New York Philharmonic of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. 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. Sally and Phyllis are two of these former showgirls, now middle-aged. Sally is married to Buddy, and Phyllis is married to Ben. Sally is unhappy with Buddy, and still is madly in love with Ben after a brief affair they had when they were younger. Phyllis is going to divorce Ben, so all seems right. But the reason Phyllis is divorcing Ben is because he is incapable of showing real, genuine love. Will Sally truly be happy if she leaves Buddy and marries Ben? Okay, the plot isn't much, but the songs are wonderful. The show features frequent "pastiche numbers" in which other former showgirls perform numbers in the style of the period in which this Follies was staged. These numbers, juxtaposed against the moving "book songs," make for a truly brilliant score. Written by Anonymous See less

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34 cast members

Name	Known for
Andre Gregory Dimitri Weismann Dimitri Weismann See fewer	My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Stephen Sondheim Self - Composer Self - Composer See fewer	Dick Tracy (1990)
Arthur Rubin Roscoe Roscoe See fewer	Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Barbara Cook Sally Durant Plummer Sally Durant Plummer See fewer	Thumbelina (1994)
George Hearn Benjamin Stone Benjamin Stone See fewer	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Herbert Ross Self - Concert Director Self - Concert Director See fewer	The Turning Point (1977)
Jim Walton Young Buddy Young Buddy See fewer	Come from Away (2021)
Paul Gemignani Self - conducting Philharmonic Self - conducting Philharmonic See fewer	Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Howard McGillin Young Ben Young Ben See fewer	The Swan Princess (1994)
Mandy Patinkin Buddy Plummer Buddy Plummer See fewer	Homeland (2011)
Lee Remick Phyllis Rogers Stone Phyllis Rogers Stone See fewer	The Omen (1976)
Liz Callaway Young Sally Young Sally See fewer	Anastasia (1997)
Daisy Prince Young Phyllis Young Phyllis See fewer	Celebrity (1998)
Betty Comden Emily Whitman Emily Whitman See fewer	On the Town (1949)
Adolph Green Theordore Whitman Theordore Whitman See fewer	On the Town (1949)
Liliane Montevecchi Solange Lafitte Solange Lafitte See fewer	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
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Phyllis Newman Stella Deems Stella Deems See fewer	Mannequin (1987)
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Licia Albanese Heidi Schiller Heidi Schiller See fewer	Otello (1948)
Erie Mills Young Heidi Young Heidi See fewer	Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
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Frank Kopyc Chorus Chorus See fewer	Total Recall (1990)
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