FOLLIES recording I'd like to hear... — Page 4

And this may make me a bad theatre person, but I'd never even heard of Mimi Hines until the concert was announced. And then I got her confused with Mimi Kennedy.

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Mimi Hines in Funny Girl

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Oh, okay. I kind of know who she is now. She's kind of young for Hattie, isn't she?

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So does anyone else think the Encore's FOLLIES opening will be drowned out by the sound of recorders clicking on?

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Updated On: 1/29/07 at 08:19 PM

I do not think she is necessarily young, but I did want some sort of tough broad to play Hattie. I love Shutta's and Stritch's "Broadway Baby"s because the way they sing it--and their personas--give a sense of irony to the lyrics themselves, there's a lot to be done with subtext. While I love Bernadette Peters' rendition in concert, I do not think the cute, funny take on this number could work within the context of the show.
I've never seen the show live so maybe my take is erroneous but this is one of my few concerns with the concert.
Honestly, I just can't wait to see Victor Garber, Donna Murphy, Victoria Clark, and Michael McGrath singing in unison:

"Waiting around for the girls upstairs, thank you but never again. Life was fun but oh, so intense, everything was possible and nothing made sense. Back then when one of the major events was waiting for the girls upstairs..."

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"Life was fun, but oh, so intense,
Everything was possible and nothing made sense."

Ah yes. That's why I love Sondheim.

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Updated On: 1/29/07 at 10:23 PM

Then Ben I'll never be, who remembers him?

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"How I planned,
What I'd wear tonight
And when should I get here,
How should I find you,
Where I'd stand,
What I'd say in case you didn't remember,
How I'd remind you..."

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In my seventeen year (give or take) love affair with the show, I always wind up finding myself drawn to different songs in the score at different points in my life. "Too Many Mornings" is a song that I've only recently really come to love.

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I'm a fan of the book... I know a number of esteemed posters don't think much of it.. but to me, the book is one of the best to a Sondheim show. At least, the original broadway version. Subsequent versions are kind lack the emotional punch that I think gives FOLLIES its power.

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