Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring- Page 2

[jayinchelsea]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#25

Posted: 2/20/15 at 11:18pm

Yes, bizarre is the word. Stephanie Powers?? Will she be belting out "I'm Still Here" as well as she sang Margo in APPLAUSE at Paper Mill years ago?

Oy.

I went to London years ago to see the first production of FOLLIES, which had been strangely rewritten and revised, and went back again to see a one-night BBC radio broadcast with Donna McKechnie as Phyllis and Julia McKenzie as Sally, and both were wonderful. I will not be flying to London for this one.
Updated On: 2/20/15 at 11:18 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#26

Posted: 2/20/15 at 11:56pm

The London production in the 80s was heavily revised and almost an entire rewrite of the show. It's just wrong. It was well-received at its time.

How old is Ben? Is he going to say to Hattie, "You were just a toddler in a low-cut dress, I didn't hear a note you howled" or is Ben being played by a 20 year old?

ETA: I caught Glee tonight for the first time in like 12 years and Jennifer Coolidge was on it. She was autotuned to the point that she didn't really sound like a human, but that's what everybody on that show sounds like when they sing. Like a bunch of unthreatening robots that almost reach uncanny valley.

Updated On: 2/20/15 at 11:56 PM

[Mr. Nowack]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#27

Posted: 2/21/15 at 1:15am

That poster is... very Vegas.

Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated

[darreyl102]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#28

Posted: 2/21/15 at 4:59am

Let's not forget her Norma Desmond and her take on As If We Never Said Goodbye. Girlfriend can't belt and her delivery of the line "Home at Last" @ 2:35 is, well....


Stefanie in Sunset

Darreyl with an L!

Updated On: 2/21/15 at 04:59 AM

[imeldasturn]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#29

Posted: 2/21/15 at 5:20am

Stefanie will play Solange, not Carlotta

[Gothampc]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#30

Posted: 2/21/15 at 9:58am

Is Anita Dobson playing Carlotta?

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[rjm516]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#31

Posted: 2/21/15 at 10:05am

I would be interested to see this since I'm in London but the tickets are so expensive for what it is and who is in it!

[Auggie27]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#32

Posted: 2/21/15 at 10:07am

Baranski as Phyllis, odd. But she's already done Mame, Mrs. Lovett, Carlotta. I guess she's got a bucket list. She'll be fine, well fine enough, but it just seems ... uneventful. Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, maybe as Phyllis, exciting, new. But this doesn't have much going on.

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

[Showface]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#33

Posted: 2/21/15 at 10:11am

I think Baranski will be fine...she definitely has the look down!

[imeldasturn]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#34

Posted: 2/21/15 at 10:36am

Anita Dobson is going to play Stella. Carlotta is still to be announced, like Buddy

[Scripps2]

Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring#35

Posted: 2/21/15 at 6:17pm

"I will not be flying to London for this one."

I won't be getting on a train for it.

I could just about cope with the idea that Russell Watson may be Roscoe. But I couldn't cope if he were to be either Ben or Buddy.