Trivial Pursuit #76

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:20pm

Who sings "I'm Still Here" in FOLLIES in:

1) The Original Broadway Cast (1971);

2) The New York Concert Cast (1985);

and

3) The Original London Cast (1987)

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:22pm

1. Yvonne DeCarlo
2. Carol Burnett
3. Diana Rigg

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:26pm

Oh, Jose', you are SO CLOSE it's FRIGHTENING...


Care to try again?

[kjklo]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:27pm

No.3 is Dolores Gray, of course!

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:30pm

4. Papermill Playhouse, Milburn, NJ 1998, recording

[kjklo]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:31pm

Ann Miller, obviously!

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:32pm

kjklo--WELCOME to the Trivial Pursuit Winner's Circle!


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yes, while Yvonne DeCarlo performed the song on Broadway and Carol Burnett in Concert--it was our Dolores who did it in London.

Many thought her performance had special meaning, as she was the only American in the otherwise British cast to play a major role in the production. (She went to the UK for the British Production of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN and never left.)

Good job, kj!!!


And for your bonus points: What was the name of the character that performed "I'm Still Here" in FOLLIES?

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:32pm

And Dolores' replacement was?

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:33pm

Um, Jose' were still working on my bonus points here... let's play nice and take our turns, OK?

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:33pm

Carlotta Campion

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:36pm

5. 2001 Broadway Revival cast?

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:38pm

YES, Jose'--it was indeed the role of 'Carlotta Campion' who sang "I'm Sill Here" in FOLLIES.

(It was presented as a song that she was suppossed to perform in the 'Weissman Follies' but got cut in Philadelphia because it was meant to be a serious song that kept on getting laughs.)


Ah, I see I have two prize-winners tonight! Well, no problem!

kj and Jose'--tomorrow night, you're going to a fabulous reunion of the cast of your High School Play!

But be careful--try and avoid those ghost-like showgirls and younger images of yourselves strutting around all over the place!


Enjoy your Friday, folks!

[kjklo]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:38pm

5. is Polly Bergen, but as for who replaced Gray, I'm not smart enough. I'd have to look it up, and that wouldn't really count.

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:39pm

Name a minimum of 5 actresses under consideration for the original Broadway cast of FOLLIES.

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:42pm

"I'm Still Here":

Good times and bum times,
I've seen them all and, my dear,
I'm still here.

Plush velvet sometimes,
Sometimes just pretzels and beer,
But I'm here.

I've stuffed the dailies
In my shoes.

Strummed ukuleles,
Sung the blues,
Seen all my dreams disappear,
But I'm here.

I've slept in shanties,
Guest of the W.P.A.,
But I'm here.

Danced in my scanties,
Three bucks a night was the pay,
But I'm here.

I've stood on bread lines
With the best,
Watched while the headlines
Did the rest.

In the Depression was I depressed?
Nowhere near.
I met a big financier
And I'm here.

I've been through Gandhi,
Windsor and Wally's affair,
And I'm here.

Amos 'n' Andy,
Mah-jongg and platinum hair,
And I'm here.

I got through Abie's
Irish Rose,
Five Dionne babies,
Major Bowes,
Had heebie-jeebies
For Beebe's
Bathysphere.
I lived through Brenda Frazier
And I'm here.

I've gotten through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover,
Gee, that was fun and a half.
When you've been through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover,
Anything else is a laugh.

I've been through Reno.
I've been through Beverly Hills,
And I'm here.

Reefers and vino,
Rest cures, religion and pills,
And I'm here

Been called a pinko
Commie tool,
Got through it stinko
By my pool.

I should have gone to an acting school.
That seems clear,
Still, someone said, "She's sincere,"
So I'm here.

Black sable one day.
Next day it goes into hock,
But I'm here.

Top billing Monday,
Tuesday you're touring in stock,
But I'm here.

First you're another
Sloe-eyed vamp,
Then someone's mother,
Then you're camp.

Then you career from career
To career.
I'm almost through my memoirs.
And I'm here.
I've gotten through "Hey, lady, aren't you whoozis?

Wow! What a looker you were."
Or, better yet, "Sorry, I thought you were whoozis.
Whatever happened to her?"

Good times and bum times,
I've seen 'em all and, my dear,
I'm still here.

Flush velvet sometimes,
Sometimes just pretzels and beer,
But I'm here.

I've run the gamut.
A to Z.
Three cheers and dammit,
C'est la vie.

I got through all of last year
And I'm here.

Lord knows, at least I was there,
And I'm here!
Look who's here!
I'm still here!


Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim


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Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:45pm

MFE, are you still here?

[kjklo]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:48pm

Rhonda Fleming, Kitty Carlisle, Gloria DeHaven, Joan Bennett, Jane Wyman. And Barbara Cook[!].

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:49pm

Great!

Now about Dolores' replacement....? LOL

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:49pm

***chuckles quietly***

[kjklo]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 10:55pm

Dammit, I don't know Dolores's replacement. I'll lob you a couple of softballs. Who performed the song in "Side By Side By Sondheim" and who performed it in the 1973 Shubert tribute concert, included on the "Scrabble" recording?

Posted: 3/4/05 at 11:00pm

I'm gonna say...

Millicent Martin - side by side
Nancy Walker - a musical tribute

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 11:02pm

I believe Jose' is correct...

I am also certain Nancy Walker was a last minute replacement for somebody else--it might even have been Ethel Merman...

[kjklo]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 11:02pm

Correct!!

[kjklo]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 11:06pm

I don't know about Merman, but I've often thought I would have loved to hear her interpretation.

So enough with the suspense. Who did replace Dolores Gray?

[Glebb]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 11:11pm

AndyHardy and I saw D.Gray in London.
She showed us what Moxie is.