Follies in Concert (14 Mar. 1986)

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
	Andre Gregory	...	Dimitri Weismann
	Arthur Rubin	...	Roscoe
	Barbara Cook	...	Sally Durant Plummer
	George Hearn	...	Benjamin Stone
	Jim Walton	...	Young Buddy
	Howard McGillin	...	Young Ben
	Mandy Patinkin	...	Buddy Plummer
	Lee Remick	...	Phyllis Rogers Stone
	Liz Callaway	...	Young Sally
	Daisy Prince	...	Young Phyllis
	Betty Comden	...	Emily Whitman
	Adolph Green	...	Theordore Whitman
	Liliane Montevecchi	...	Solange Lafitte
	Elaine Stritch	...	Hattie Walker
	Phyllis Newman	...	Stella Deems

Storyline

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 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... Written by Anonymous  

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