The Birth of Sondheim's Follies
Monday 13 June 2005 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Thirty years ago the President of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organisation, Ted Chapin, was a stage struck student who got himself a job as a gofer on Stephen Sondheim's revolutionary new musical, Follies.
He talks to Edward Seckerson about the experience, illustrated with excerpts from the original Broadway cast recording.
Playlist
Producer: Bill Lloyd
Factsheet: Shona Pew
CD: Follies - Original Broadway Cast Recording (Sondheim)
T1: Prologue: Beautiful Girls - Michael Bartlett
T3: Waiting for the Girls Upstairs - Kurt Peterson
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CD: Unsung Sondheim
T7: That Old Piano Roll (from The Girl Upstairs) - Harry Groener
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CD: Follies - Original Broadway Cast Recording (Sondheim)
T4 Broadway Baby - Ethel Shutta
T15 Losing My Mind - Dorothy Collins
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Private Recording
Can That Boy Foxtrot - Yvonne De Carlo
CD: Follies - Original Broadway Cast Recording (Sondheim)
T7 Who's That Woman - Mary McCarthy
T6 In Buddy's Eyes - Dorothy Collins
T5 Road You Didn't Take - John McMartin
T17 Live, Laugh, Love (Finale) - John McMartin
T8 I'm Still Here - Yvonne De Carlo
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Stage & Screen has ten copies of Ted Chapin's book about the making of "Follies" to give away. If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning one of them, simply answer the following question: "Who directed the 1987 London production of "Follies"? If you know the answer, email it with your name and address to [email protected] or put the same information on a postcard and send it to Stage and Screen, Room 220, BBC Broadcasting House, Glasgow G12 8DG.
