Follies first opened at the Winter Garden on April 4, 1971, directed by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett, with choreography by Bennett. Follies earned seven 1972 Tony Awards and the New York Drama Critics鈥� Circle Award for Best Musical.
The show, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, ran for over 500 performances with a cast that included , , , , Yvonne De Carlo, and . It has been revived on Broadway twice: first in 2001 with a production that opened 30 years and one day after the original starring Judith Ivey, Blythe Danner, Gregory Harrison, and Treat Williams, and then in 2011, starring Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Ron Raines, and Danny Burstein.
Dorothy Collins and John McMartin
Dorothy Collins and John McMartin
Dorothy Collins, Marti Rolph, and John McMartin
John McMartin and Dorothy Collins
Dorothy Collins and John McMartin
Dorothy Collins and John McMartin
Ethel Shutta
Michael Bartlett
Gene Nelson and cast
Cast
John McMartin and cast
Cast
Virginia Sandifur and Kurt Peterson
Cast
Yvonne DeCarlo, Alexis Smith, and Michael Bartlett
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Yvonne DeCarlo and cast
Cast
Alexis Smith, John McMartin, Dorothy Collins, and Gene Nelson in Follies.
