Previews began March 24, 1971 at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
Ran for 12 preview performances
Opened April 4, 1971 at the Winter Garden Theatre
Closed July 1, 1972; Ran for 522 performances
Produced by Harold Prince
in association with Ruth Mitchell
Directed by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett
Choreography by Michael Bennett
Scenic Production Designed by Boris Aronson
Costumes by Florence Klotz
Lighting by Tharon Musser
Dance Music Arranged by John Berkman
Musical Direction by Harold Hastings
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

Cast

Major-Domo - Dick Latessa [replaced by Joseph Nelson]
Sally Durant Plummer - Dorothy Collins
Young Sally - Marti Rolph
Christine Donovan * - Ethel Barrymore Colt [replaced by Terry Saunders on 7/7/71, then by Jan Clayton on 2/27/72]
Willy Wheeler - Fred Kelly [replaced by Donald Weissmuller]
Stella Deems - Mary McCarty
Max Deems - John J. Martin
Heidi Schiller - Justine Johnston
Chauffeur - John Grigas
Meredith Lane - Sheila Smith [replaced by Marion Marlowe on 1/29/72, then by Terry Saunders on 4/24/72]
Chet Richards - Peter Walker
Roscoe - Michael Bartlett
Deedee West ** - Helon Blount [replaced by Sonja Levkova]
Hattie Walker - Ethel Shutta
Young Hattie - Mary Jane Houdina [replaced by Jacqueline Payne]
Emily Whitman - Marcie Stringer [replaced by Camila Ashland]
Theodore Whitman - Charles Welch [replaced by Ted Lawrie]
Vincent - Victor Griffin
Vanessa - Jayne Turner
Young Vincent - Michael Misita
Young Vanessa - Graciela Daniele [replaced by Margot Travers]
Solange LaFitte - Fifi D'Orsay
Carlotta Campion - Yvonne De Carlo
Phyllis Rogers Stone - Alexis Smith
Benjamin Stone - John McMartin
Young Phyllis - Virginia Sandifur [replaced by Alexandra Borrie]
Young Ben - Kurt Peterson [replaced by John Johann]
Buddy Plummer - Gene Nelson
Young Buddy - Harvey Evans
Dimitri Weismann - Arnold Moss
Kevin - Ralph Nelson [replaced by David Roman, then by Roy Barry]
Young Stella - Julie Pars
Young Heidi - Victoria Mallory [replaced by Marti Rolph]
Party Musicians - Taft Jordan, Aaron Bell, Charles Spies, and Robert Curtis
Show Girls - Suzanne Briggs, Trudy Carson, Kathie Dalton, Ursula Maschmeyer, Linda Perkins, and Margot Travers
Singers, Dancers (Guests, Waiters, Waitresses, Photographers, Chorus Girls, Chorus Boys, etc.) - Graciela Daniele, Mary Jane Houdina, Sonja Levkova, Rita O'Connor, Julie Pars, Suzanne Rogers, Roy Barry, Steve Boockvor, Michael Misita, Joseph Nelson, Ralph Nelson, Ken Urmston, Peter Walker, and Donald Weissmuller

* Character was renamed "Christine Crane" during the run of the show
** Character was renamed "Sandra Donovan" during the run of the show

Musical Numbers

• "Beautiful Girls" - Roscoe
• "Don't Look at Me" - Sally and Ben
• "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" - Buddy, Ben, Phyllis, Sally, Young Buddy, Young Ben, Young Phyllis, Young Sally
• + "Rain on the Roof " - Emily and Theodore
• "Ah, Paris!" - Solange
• "Broadway Baby" - Hattie
• "The Road You Didn't Take" - Ben
• + "Bolero d'Amour" [instrumental] - Danced by Vincent and Vanessa
• "In Buddy's Eyes" - Sally
• "Who's That Woman?" - Stella and Company
• "I'm Still Here" - Carlotta
• "Too Many Mornings" - Ben and Sally
• "The Right Girl" - Buddy
• + "One More Kiss" - Heidi and Young Heidi
• "Could I Leave You?" - Phyllis

The Loveland Sequence
• The Folly of Love
• + "Loveland" - The Ensemble
• The Folly of Youth
• "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" - Young Ben, Young Phyllis
• "Love Will See Us Through" - Young Buddy, Young Sally
• Buddy's Folly
• "The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues (Buddy's Blues)" - Buddy
• Sally's Folly
• "Losing My Mind" - Sally
• Phyllis' Folly
• "The Story of Lucy and Jessie" - Phyllis
• Ben's Folly
• "Live, Laugh, Love" - Ben

+ Numbers not included on the Original Cast Recording.  "One More Kiss" was recorded and appeared for the first time on 1992 re-release.

Tony Awards

• Best Music and Lyrics (Stephen Sondheim )
• Best Director (Harold Prince and Michael Bennett)
• Best Actress in a Musical (Alexis Smith)
• Best Choreographer (Michael Bennett)
• Best Scenic Design (Boris Aronson)
• Best Costumes (Florence Klotz)
• Best Lighting (Tharon Musser)

Other Awards

• New York Drama Critics' Award for Best Musical

Recording

Follies - Original Broadway Cast Recording

Cast

Major-Domo - Joseph Nelson
Sally Durant Plummer - Dorothy Collins [replaced by Janet Blair]
Young Sally - Marti Rolph
Christine Crane - Jan Clayton
Willy Wheeler - Joel Craig
Stella Deems - Mary McCarty
Max Deems - Keith Kaldenberg
Heidi Schiller - Justine Johnston
Chauffeur - John Grigas
Meredith Lane - Terry Saunders
Roscoe - Michael Bartlett
Roscoe's Daughter - Candace Cooke
Deedee West - Helon Blount
Sandra Donovan - Sonja Levkova
Hattie Walker - Ethel Shutta
Young Hattie - Jacqueline Payne
Emily Whitman - Camila Ashland
Theodore Whitman - Ted Lawrie
Vincent - Patrick Spohn
Vanessa - Jayne Turner
Young Vincent - David Evans
Young Vanessa - Margot Travers
Solange LaFitte - Fifi D'Orsay
Carlotta Campion - Yvonne De Carlo
Phyllis Rogers Stone - Alexis Smith
Benjamin Stone - John McMartin [replaced by Edward Winter]
Young Phyllis - Suzanne Rogers
Young Ben - Kurt Peterson
Buddy Plummer - Gene Nelson
Young Buddy - Harvey Evans
Dimitri Weismann - Edwin Steffe
Young Heidi - Marti Rolph
Kevin - Roy Barry
Party Musicians - Arthur Wagner and Friends
Singers, Dancers (Guests, Waiters, Waitresses, Photographers, Chorus Girls, Chorus Boys, etc.) - Susanna Clemm, Candace Cooke, Patricia Garland, Sonia Haney, Trish Maloney, Jacqueline Payne, Pamela Serpe, Roy Barry, Steve Boockvor, Joel Craig, David Evans, Joseph Nelson, Ken Ploss, Ken Urmston

Cast

Sally Durant Plummer - Lori Ann Saunders
Roscoe - Andrew Roman
Phyllis Rogers Stone - Joan Ulmer
Benjamin Stone - George F. Maguire
Buddy Plummer - Jack Finnegan
Dimitri Weismann - Donald C. Moore
Stella Deems - Ileane Gudell
Max Deems - Joshua Michaels
Hattie Walker - Sarah Philips Felcher
Solange LaFitte - Lucille Patton
Young Phyllis - Eleanor Barbor
Young Sally - Sara Louise
Young Buddy - Randy Hugill
Young Ben - Richard Cooper Bayne [replaced by Kurt Johnson]
Vincent - Alan Gilbert
Vanessa - Lucille Patton
Heidi Schiller - Lynn Archer [replaced by Margaret Goodman]
Carlotta Campion - Barbara Lee
Emily Whitman - Virginia Barton
Theodore Whitman - Emile Julian
Young Heidi - Robbi Curtis
Kevin - Michael Perrier
Young Vincent - Michael Perrier
Young Vanessa - Nancy Salis
Young Stella - Kaylyn Dillehay [replaced by Spence Ford]

Cast

Phyllis Rogers Stone - Diana Rigg [replaced by Millicent Martin]
Sally Durant Plummer - Julia McKenzie
Ben Stone - Daniel Massey
Buddy Plummer - David Healy
Carlotta Campion - Dolores Gray [replaced by Eartha Kitt]
Stella Deems - Lynda Baron [replaced by Meg Johnson]
Billie Whitman - Pearl Carr
Wally Whitman - Teddy Johnson
Solange Lafitte - Maria Charles
Hattie Walker - Margaret Courtenay [replaced by Hope Jackman]
Heidi Schiller - Adele Leigh [replaced by Eileen Page]
Dimitri Weissman - Leonard Sachs [replaced by Harold Kasket]

Musical Numbers

Act One

• "Beautiful Girls" - Roscoe and Company
• "Don't Look at Me" - Sally and Ben
• "Rain on the Roof" - Billie and Wally
• "Ah! Paree" - Solange
• "Broadway Baby" - Hattie
• "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" - Buddy, Ben, Phyllis, Sally, Young Buddy, Young Ben, Young Phyllis, Young Sally
• "In Buddy's Eyes" - Sally
• "Who's That Woman" - Stella and Company
• + "Country House" - Phyllis and Ben
• "Too Many Mornings"- Ben and Sally

Act Two

• + "Social Dancing" - Company
• "The Right Girl" - Buddy
• "I'm Still Here" - Carlotta
• "Could I Leave You" - Phyllis
• "One More Kiss" - Heidi and Young Heidi

The Follies

• + "Loveland" - Roscoe and Company
• The Folly of Youth
• "Love Will See Us Through" - Young Buddy, Young Sally
• The Folly of Buddy
• "Buddy's Blues" - Buddy, Sally, Young Sally, Margie
• The Folly of Sally
• "Losing My Mind" - Sally
• The Folly of Youth
• "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" - Young Ben, Young Phyllis
• The Folly of Phyllis
• + "Ah, But Underneath" - Phyllis and Company
• The Folly of Ben
• + "Make the Most of Your Music" - Ben and Company

Although they aren't listed in the program, the following came after The Folly of Ben.

• "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through" (reprise) - Young Buddy, Young Sally, Young Phyllis, Young Ben
• "Beautiful Girls" (finale) - Company

+ Numbers newly-written for this production [new version of "Loveland"]

Recording

Follies - The First Complete Recording

Cast

Phyllis Rogers Stone - Constance Towers
Sally Durant Plummer - Judy Kaye
Ben Stone - Walter Charles
Buddy Plummer - John-Charles Kelly
Carlotta Campion - Karen Morrow
Stella Deems - Kelly Britt
Young Phyllis - Amy Dolan
Young Ben - James Clow
Young Sally - Liz McCarthy
Young Buddy - Brian d'Arcy James
Billie Whitman - Virginia Mayo
Wally Whitman - Billy Barnes
Solange Lafitte - Denise Darcel
Hattie Walker - Maxene Andrews
Heidi Schiller - Edie Adams
Young Heidi - Kimberly Lane
Roscoe - Adam Petroski

Musical Numbers

[Same as the Broadway Production]

Cast

Dmitri Weismann - Eddie Bracken

"The Weissman Girls"
Sally Durant Plummer - Donna McKechnie
Young Sally - Danette Holden
Phyllis Rogers Stone - Dee Hoty
Young Phyllis - Meredith Patterson
Carlotta Campion - Ann Miller
Young Carlotta - Jillana Urbina
Hattie Walker - Kaye Ballard
Young Hattie - Krista Lepore
Stella Deems - Phyllis Newman
Young Stella - Pamela Jordan
Solange La Fitte - Liliane Montevecchi
Young Solange - Jean Marie
Heidi Schiller - Carol Skarimbas
Young Heidi - Ingrid Ladendorf
Emily Whitman - Natalie Mosco
Young Emily - Pascale Faye
Christine Donovan - Ann Cunningham
Young Christine - Temple Kane
Sandra Crane - Laura Kenyon
Young Sandra - Julie Connors
Dee Dee West - Billie Thrash
Young Dee Dee - Karen Lifshey

Benjamin Stone - Laurence Guittard
Young Ben - Michael Gruber
Buddy Plummer - Tony Roberts
Young Buddy - Billy Hartung
Roscoe - Vahan Khanzadian
Young Roscoe - Peter Davenport
Theodore Whitman - Donald Saddler
Young Theodore - Arte Phillips

The Ensemble - Julie Connors, Peter Davenport, David Eggers, Shawn Emamjomeh, Pascale Faye, Pamela Jordan, Temple Kane, Ingrid Ladenedorf, Krista Lepore, Karen Lifshey, Jean Marie, Arte Phillips, Erick Pinnick, Joseph Sark, Jeff Siebert, Robert Stoeckle, Jillana Urbina

Musical Numbers

[Same as the Broadway Production; except there was an intermission after "Too Many Mornings"; "The Right Girl" was sung by Buddy and danced by Young Buddy; and "The Story of Lucy and Jessie" was replaced by "Ah, But Underneath"]

Recording

Follies - The Complete Recording

Musical Numbers

• Prologue / Overture - Company
• "Beautiful Girls" - Roscoe and Company
• "Don't Look at Me" - Sally and Ben
• "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" - Buddy, Ben, Phyllis, Sally, Young Buddy, Young Ben, Young Phyllis, Young Sally
• "Rain on the Roof " - Emily and Theodore
• "Ah, Paris!" - Solange
• "Broadway Baby" - Hattie
• "The Road You Didn't Take" - Ben
• "Danse d'Amour" - Emily, Theodore, Young Emily, Young Theodore
• "In Buddy's Eyes" - Sally
• "Who's That Woman?" - Stella and Ladies
• "I'm Still Here" - Carlotta
• "Too Many Mornings" - Ben and Sally

• "The Right Girl" - Buddy
• "One More Kiss" - Heidi and Young Heidi
• "Could I Leave You?" - Phyllis

The Follies
• The Folly of Love
• "Loveland" - The Ensemble
• The Folly of Youth
• "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" - Young Phyllis, Young Ben
• "Love Will See Us Through" - Young Sally, Young Buddy
• Buddy's Folly
• "The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues" - Buddy, "Margie", "Sally"
• Sally's Folly
• "Losing My Mind" - Sally
• Phyllis' Folly
• "The Story of Lucy and Jessie" - Phyllis and Men
• Ben's Folly
• "Live, Laugh, Love" - Ben and Ensemble

Cast

Sally Durant Plummer - Vikki Carr
Buddy Plummer - Harry Groener
Phyllis Rogers Stone - Patty Duke
Benjamin Stone - Bob Gunton
Carlotta Campion - Donna McKechnie
Stella Deems - Liz Torres
Hattie Walker - Carole Cook
Vanessa - Carol Lawrence
Vincent - Grover Dale
Solange LaFitte - Amanda McBroom
Christine - Carole Swarbrick
Dee Dee - Stella Stevens
Dimitri Weismann - Warren Berlinger
Emily Whitman - Mary Jo Catlett
Theodore Whitman - Billy Barnes
Roscoe - Ken Page
Heidi Schiller - Justine Johnston
Young Sally - Jean Louisa Kelly
Young Buddy - Austin Miller
Young Phyllis - Tia Riebling
Young Ben - Kevin Earley
Young Stella - Abby Feldman
Young Heidi - Barbara Chiofalo
Young Vincent - Trevor Brackney
Young Vanessa - Melissa Driscoll
Kevin - Stephen Reed

Note: This production is based on the 1971 Broadway production,
not the 1987 London version.

Cast

Phyllis Rogers Stone - Donna Murphy
Benjamin Stone - Victor Garber
Sally Durant Plummer - Victoria Clark
Buddy Plummer - Michael McGrath
Carlotta Campion - Christine Baranski
Stella Deems - Joanne Worley
Hattie Walker - Mimi Hines
Solange LaFitte - Yvonne Constant
Heidi Schiller - Lucine Amara
Dimitri Weismann - Philip Bosco
Emily Whitman - Anne Rogers
Theodore Whitman - Robert E. Fitch
Roscoe - Arthur Rubin
Max Deems - Gerry Vichi
Young Sally - Katie Klaus
Young Buddy - Curtis Holbrook
Young Phyllis - Jenny Powers
Young Ben - Colin Donnell
Young Heidi - Leena Chopra
Dee Dee West - Dorothy Stanley
Sandra Crane - Diane J. Findlay
Young Stella - Ashley Fife
Young Carlotta - Jennifer Mathie
Kevin - Clyde Alves
Ensemble: Cameron Adams, Andrew Fitch, Emily Fletcher, Jenifer Foote, Ben Hartley, Natalie King, Brian J. Marcum, Barrett Martin, Shannon Marie O'Bryan, Denise Payne, Matt Wall, J. D. Webster, and Kristen Beth Williams