BREAKING NEWS: FOLLIES to Play LA's Ahmanson Theatre May - June 2012!

[Rob]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:18pm

Click Here to Read BREAKING NEWS: FOLLIES to Play LA's Ahmanson Theatre May - June 2012!

[mallardo]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:22pm

Hallelujah!!! It's not often that one's prayers are answered.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:25pm

congrats to the cast & crew!!

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:29pm

What amazing news! I sincerely hope that this leads to a national tour.

[Wildcard]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:29pm

Would love to see the Broadway leads perform in LA too!

[PianoMann]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:30pm

Wonderful news for the production and for fans out in California! Maybe this will help sustain the buzz come time for the Tony Awards?

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:31pm

I wonder if this can somehow help the show's Tony chances?

[dreaming]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:33pm

I am not shocked at all, really (but pleased nonetheless). Good for them! The Ahmanson needed something to fill the slot and this seemed like the most likely candidate. I don't know how it helps the Tony chances, but the more exposure the show gets, the better.
Updated On: 12/6/11 at 12:33 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:34pm

YES This gives me a chance to see it!!! LA is a lot closer to me than NYC!!

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:40pm

Glad this worked out for CTG.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:58pm

It's a beautiful production, I imagine the cast transferring is pretty much a given? The cast recording is so spectacular I wish I could watch the production every day.

[AMH]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:59pm

I wonder if Bernadette will cancel a few of her concerts just for this.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 1:06pm

Great news. Now my cousin Arlene, who lives in Los Angeles, can see it again.

She and I saw the original production with the original cast AND the 1973 stock tour with Vivian Blaine and Robert Alda.

She was contemplating flying here just to see this.

Follies lives on...

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 1:08pm

Don't know what the performance schedule will be in LA, but maybe we could get a live performance for the Tonys?

[CurtisB]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 1:14pm

Looks like it will be ending right before the Tonys. Maybe they did this to keep the show in people's minds and to possibly keep the cast intact and free from other ventures for a number in the Tonys telecast?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 1:16pm

Good. Maybe they can film it out there.

[SingOutLouise2]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 1:31pm

Thank you Santa.

[TheHappyPhantom]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 1:56pm

Now THIS is the kinda theatre the Ahmanson should be producing!!! Here's looking at you, Bring it On..

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 2:19pm

I wonder if the drapes and fabric that extend out into the audience will still be used...

[ChenoKahn]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 2:49pm

I think that if it does well in LA and like The Scottsboro Boys picks up a lot of nominations it could transfer back if a theater is open.

[Wildcard]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 2:51pm

Ahmanson wasn't the original producer of Bring It On. It was first presented by Alliance Theater. Ahmanson is just the first stop in the tour. Besides, have you seen it? It's actually a good show. Anyway, bring on Follies!

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 3:02pm

Reality check. Its not going to transfer back to Broadway. If it becomes the beginning of a national tour, it could 'possibly' help the show's Tony chances as, in years past, a lot of the Best Revival winners have been awarded to musicals with announced plans to tour.

[Wicked Fanatic]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 3:14pm

Very very happy that I'll get to see this production in LA again. Last time was at the old Shubert Theatre in Century City when I was very young and fell in love with the show. Hoping that most of the Broadway cast will reprise their roles! Most of all I really want to see Elaine Paige who I've always wanted to see on stage missing her performance as Grizabella in Cats when she departed the production just three days earlier than when I saw it in London.

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 4:54pm

Thanks to Rob et al. for the word. I realize that most of the time we're just chatting here, but getting this info early may mean the difference between our getting tickets or not getting them. So thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Wicked Fanatic]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 6:12pm

I called the Ahmanson ticket services today and here is what one of the service representatives told me:
Regarding getting tickets for Follies only those subscribers to the Ahmanson season series will automatically get tickets. If you have a Design Your Own Subscription such as the 4 plays that I purchased you will NOT get Follies as an automatic replacement for Funny Girl. When tickets go on sale which won't be announced for awhile I have to call and then add it into my Design My Own Subscription. I'll be watching daily for news so that I don't miss out on seeing this show.