Viva Las Vegas Production of "Follies"
Viva Las Vegas Production of "Follies"
#1Viva Las Vegas Production of "Follies"
Posted: 12/3/23 at 9:34pm
https://follieslasvegas.com/about-follies-las-vegas This is a 6 show production beginning in April 2024. Intriguing.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#3Viva Las Vegas Production of "Follies"
Posted: 12/4/23 at 7:11pm
sondheimfan2 said: "How bizarre"
Extremely odd for just 6 performances. Assuming this will be non-union?
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
inception
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
#4Viva Las Vegas Production of "Follies"
Posted: 12/4/23 at 7:42pm
I had never heard of Aliante Casino before. It's a Binions' property far off-strip in North Las Vegas. More of a "locals casino." They must have got a deal renting their show room.
Legitimate theatre is such a unusual thing to find in LV.
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ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#5Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 12/4/23 at 8:46pm
ACL2006 said: "Assuming this will be non-union?"
No! People are burying the lede of the cast. But the website doesn't say who plays who. There are a number of "recognizable-to-theatre-people" and "has-been" names involved, including...
- Frederica von Stade (assuming she's Heidi?
- Ruby Lewis (she's listed as one of the top four principal performers but seems way too young for Phyllis or Sally)
- Randal Keith
- Bubba Knight
- Pete Barbutti
- Nicolas King
- Clint Holmes
- Seth Sikes
- 12 retired Vegas showgirls, including Anna Bailey "the very first African American Showgirl on the Strip...now a young and spry 96 years old."
- a 26-piece orchestra
...and...
Ted Chapin (maybe he's Weissmann? or Theo Whittman?)
Some of these bios are absolutely ridiculous and so full of hyperbole. Which is usually a sign of people who (a) never had "it", or, (b) haven't had "it" since the Reagan administration.
The director, David James Robinson, claims to have been a close friend to Sondheim, though his bio lists no notable theatre productions.
akhoya87
Stand-by Joined: 4/22/18
#6Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 12/4/23 at 9:06pm
This announcement has real "I got Norm Lewis to be in my zombie musical" energy.
raddersons
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#7Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 12/5/23 at 12:14am
There is a self-referential quality to getting actual retired Vegas showgirls to play these parts that is exciting to me. Unfortunately you could not pay me to go to Vegas.
#8Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 12/5/23 at 1:39am
I wish them well, but I will believe this when it is up and running.......perhaps not even then. Yes, Aliante is a "local" hotel/casino.
Ensemble1708502548
Swing Joined: 2/21/24
#9Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 2/21/24 at 8:05am
Patti LuPone FANatic said: "https://follieslasvegas.com/about-follies-las-vegas This is a 6 show production beginning in April 2024. Intriguing.
I had never heard of the Aliante casino before. It's a Binion's property, quite far from the Strip in the northern part of Las Vegas. It's more like a 'local casino.' They probably arranged to rent out their showroom for the show.
I also want to add that I only recently found out about Skrill Casinos.In reality, there is still much out there that we do not yet know
Legitimate theater is such an unusual thing to find in Las Vegas."
wow, thnx
#10Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 2/21/24 at 11:15am
I remember reading about this when it was first announced. Very excited to see this show.
In regards to many of the cast members having "older" credits, that doesn't mean that their talent and passion has gone away. They still did the work, and had the experience. One of the many themes of "Follies," is honoring the past. The cast has a fantastic, respected past.
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#11Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 2/24/24 at 5:56am
To those who were around in the 70s to watch TV shows… does it seem weird that Huggy Bear is in this production playing unspecified characters...?
#12Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 5/10/24 at 5:28am
The bigger question is, did, has, any one seen this or a review for this!
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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#13Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 5/10/24 at 11:59pm
Bupkis from.the Las Vegas Sun before, during and after the.announced dates. The "website" hadda generic picture and a cut-and-paste logo. I yam still very skeptical that it occurred.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#14Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 5/11/24 at 1:37am
If you search "follies las vegas" on Facebook you will see some bootleg clips from curtain call, Beautiful Girls, Andrea McArdle's Broadway Baby, and Who's that Woman. Orchestra sounds great, costumes and design look awful (must have been a concert production?)
"All Things Bright and Beautiful" was, perhaps illegally, added for Theo Whitman as a finale.
#15Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 5/11/24 at 7:18am
In a weird meta way, the idea of some of this cast and creatives putting on a tattered production of Follies in Los Vegas as a ‘final burst of glory’ seems a little in the spirit of the show itself of broken dreams and the unavoidable, scathing exposure of time and reality. The road you didn’t take indeed. While I hope we see a full scale Lincoln centre revival with Audra/Kelly, Laura Benanti and a legacy of older New York theatre women in a few years - there is something intriguing about this one lol.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 5/11/24 at 07:18 AM
laporms
Chorus Member Joined: 8/18/20
#16Viva Las Vegas Production of
Posted: 5/11/24 at 2:06pm
I attended the Saturday night performance. It was a great effort by all to bring a production at this level to a casino showroom. Was great seeing Andrea McArdle and other excellent performers. It wasn't my favorite of all time, but I think it shows promise for this new production company in Las Vegas.
