The upcoming Encores! production of Follies at New York City Center has added a sixth performance, due to popular demand. In addition to previously announced performances from February 8-11, 2007, the show will be performed on February 12 at 8:00 PM. Tickets for the sixth and final performance will be released for sale on January 12, according to a company spokesperson.
The Follies company includes Victoria Clark as Sally Durant Plummer, Donna Murphy as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Victor Garber as Benjamin Stone and Michael McGrath as Buddy Plummer. The cast also includes Lucine Amara Heidi Schiller, Christine Baranski Carlotta Campion, Philip Bosco Dimitri Weismann, Leena Chopra Young Heidi, Yvonne Constant Solange, Diane J. Findlay Sandra Cranes, Robert Fitch Theodore Whitman, Mimi Hines Hattie Walker, Arthur Rubin Roscoe, Dorothy Stanley Dee Dee West, Gerry Vichi Max Deems and JoAnne Worley Stella Deems. She show will be directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw The Drowsy Chaperone, Spamalot.
Follies, which features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman, takes place in the present and the past simultaneously. On the eve of its destruction, the once-glorious Weissman Theatre is filled with the ghosts of its past, as veteran showgirls from the Weismann's Follies based on the Ziegfeld Follies reunite to rekindle the aura of the glamorous old days and relive lost memories of promise and splendor. As the evening goes on, the former showgirls reminisce about their past experiences, both good and bad. Follies opened on Broadway on April 4, 1971, winning eight Tony Awards.
