The Kennedy Center's critically acclaimed revival of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece FOLLIES joined the million dollar club, grossing $1,122,778 million in the week ending September 25th. This is also the highest weekly gross for any Broadway musical production featuring both music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The production, which opened to rave reviews on September 12, 2011, is currently playing a limited engagement through January 22, 2012 at the Marquis Theatre.
FOLLIES features a book by James Goldman and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The production is directed by Eric Schaeffer with choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by James Moore. With a 28-piece orchestra, FOLLIES features a cast of 41 and stars two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters as Sally Durant Plummer, four-time Tony Award nominee Jan Maxwell as Phyllis Rogers Stone, two-time Tony Award nominee Danny Burstein as Buddy Plummer, three-time Emmy Award nominee Ron Raines as Benjamin Stone and 5-time Olivier Award nominee Elaine Paige as Carlotta Campion.
The production also stars Tony Award nominee
Don Correia as Theodore Whitman,
Christian Delcroix as Young Buddy, Grammy & Emmy Award winner
Rosalind Elias as Heidi Schiller,
Colleen Fitzpatrick as Dee Dee West,
Lora Lee Gayer as Young Sally,
Michael Hayes as Roscoe,
Leah Horowitz as Young Heidi, Tony Award nominee
Jayne Houdyshell as Hattie Walker,
Florence Lacey as Sandra Crane, Tony Award nominee
Mary Beth Peil as Solange LaFitte,
David Sabin as Dimitri Weismann,
Kirsten Scott as Young Phyllis,
Frederick Strother as Max Deems,
Nick Verina as Young Ben, Tony Award nominee
Susan Watson as Emily Whitman and
Terri White as Stella Deems.
Rounding out the ensemble are
Lawrence Alexander,
Brandon Bieber,
John Carroll, Mathew deGuzman,
Sara Edwards,
Leslie Donna Flesner,
Jenifer Foote,
Suzanne Hylenski,
Danielle Jordan,
Amanda Kloots-Larsen,
Joseph Kolinski,
Brittany Marcin,
Erin N. Moore,
Pamela Otterson,
Clifton Samuels,
Kiira Schmidt,
Brian Shepard,
Jessica Sheridan,
Amos Wolff,
Ashley Yeater.
Elaine Paige is appearing with the support of
Actors' Equity Association. The producers gratefully acknowledge
Actors' Equity Association for its assistance to this production.
The creative team also includes
Derek McLane (Scenic Design),
Gregg Barnes (Costume Design),
Natasha Katz (Lighting Design),
Kai Harada (Sound Design),
David BrIan Brown (Hair & Wig Design),
Joseph Dulude II (Make-up Design) and the original orchestrations by
Jonathan Tunick.
FOLLIES is produced on Broadway by
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (David M. Rubenstein, Chairman;
Michael M. Kaiser, President;
Max Woodward, Vice President);
Nederlander Presentations, Inc.; Adrienne Arsht;
HRH Foundation, Sponsor;
Allan Williams, Executive Producer.
Tickets for FOLLIES are available through www.Ticketmaster.com, by calling 877-250-2929, and in person at the Marquis Theatre box office (1535 Broadway; 46th Street between Broadway & 8th Avenue). The box office schedule is Monday through Saturday (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and Sunday (12 p.m. to 6 p.m.). Tickets range in price from $47.00 to $137.00 (all prices include a $2.00 facility fee). Premium seating is available.
Tuesday evenings at 7pm, Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2pm, Sunday matinees at 3pm.
