"Follies" coming to DC
"Follies" coming to DC
"Follies" coming to DC#2
Posted: 3/27/26 at 2:41pm
From the email that went out today:
In an exciting co-production between Signature Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company, Stephen Sondheim’s sumptuous and sophisticated masterpiece glitters on the Harman Hall stage, directed by Matthew Gardiner in Spring 2027.
In 1971, a chorus of former showgirls return to their theatre to take one last look where it all began – when everything was possible, and nothing made sense. Surrounded by the glamorous ghosts of their past selves, they reminisce and face regrets as reality and memory begin to blur in ways both dazzling and devastating.
With an epic cast of 32 and 14-piece orchestra, Sondheim’s incomparable score, including “Broadway Baby,” “I’m Still Here” and “Losing My Mind,” shines in spectacular style like you’ve never seen it before.
Shakespeare Theatre Company and Signature Theatre
present
FOLLIES
Book by James Goldman
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Produced Originally on Broadway by Harold Prince
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Directed by Matthew Gardiner
By Special Arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh
May 18 – June 20, 2027
At Shakespeare Theatre Company's Harman Hall
Tickets for Follies are currently only available as part of a subscription. Signature Theatre’s season subscription packages will go on sale late April/early May and you can add-on Follies to your package of Signature shows when you order.
Note that if you already subscribe to Shakespeare Theatre Company, Follies is included in your subscription. There is no need to add it on to your subscription at Signature unless you’d like to see it twice!
Understudy Joined: 3/3/23
"Follies" coming to DC#3
Posted: 3/27/26 at 3:35pm
Color me thrilled! Interested in who we might see cast in leads.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
"Follies" coming to DC#4
Posted: 3/27/26 at 3:44pm
So it's just a co-production between two DC regional theaters. Maybe they can secure some good NYC talent in the mix with their DC cast.
"Follies" coming to DC#5
Posted: 3/27/26 at 4:51pm
I would say Signature Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company are more than just mere "regional theaters" -- they routinely produce top-notch shows, with top-notch talent. This very well may get me up there for a weekend!
Updated On: 3/27/26 at 04:51 PMBroadway Star Joined: 5/7/03
"Follies" coming to DC#6
Posted: 3/27/26 at 4:52pm
Definitely, of the many options out there - this is a great combo.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
"Follies" coming to DC#7
Posted: 3/27/26 at 7:06pm
CoffeeBreak said: "So it's just a co-production between two DC regional theaters. Maybe they can secure some good NYC talent in the mix with their DC cast."
They both regularly have NYC talent on their stages and produce consistently excellent work. STC’s Guys and Dolls starring Julie Benko and Signature’s Fiddler on the Roof starring Douglas Sills were two of my favorite theatre-going experiences in 2025.
"Follies" coming to DC#8
Posted: 3/27/26 at 9:16pm
TheatreMonkey said: "I would say Signature Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company are more thanjustmere "regional theaters" -- they routinely produce top-notch shows, with top-notch talent. This very well may get me up there for a weekend!"
I agree. Both of these theatres produce productions that far exceed anything in NYC
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
"Follies" coming to DC#9
Posted: 3/28/26 at 2:20am
I agree. Both of these theatres produce productions that far exceed anything in NYC
Now that's just silly. I have been to both of these theaters shows'. They are good regional theaters. Many are. But like my post said. They are indeed regional theaters doing a co-production - as regional theaters do. "far exceeding" NYC shows is ridiculous. It's the reason they source talent FROM NYC for their shows.
"Follies" coming to DC#10
Posted: 3/28/26 at 4:24am
I did wince at the idea of a 14 piece orchestra being marketed as a positive thing....
"Follies" coming to DC#12
Posted: 5/20/26 at 2:24pm
binau said: "I did wince at the idea of a 14 piece orchestra being marketed as a positive thing...."
it feels like advertising a hamburger as having both a top and a bottom bun
Stand-by Joined: 9/14/17
"Follies" coming to DC#13
Posted: 5/20/26 at 5:34pm
CoffeeBreak said: "
I agree. Both of these theatres produce productions that far exceed anything in NYC
Now that's just silly. I have been to both of these theaters shows'. They are good regional theaters. Many are. But like my post said. They are indeed regional theaters doing a co-production - as regional theaters do. "far exceeding" NYC shows is ridiculous. It's the reason they source talent FROM NYC for their shows.
"Far exceed anything" might be hyperbolic but I try to catch most of their revivals and found their Ragtime to be superior to Broadway's current Ragtime in many respects, I enjoyed most things about their She Loves Me more than the last Broadway revival, I found their Road Show and Titanic more entertaining than Encores', and even enjoyed their chamber Miss Saigon more than the 2017 Broadway revival, so GeorgeInDC might be putting it inflatedly, but I (and know many others) have here and there, not infrequently, preferred their productions to Broadway/NYC.
I'm sure the casting for this will be exciting! I'd love to see a Rachel Bay Jones & Laura Benanti production, though perhaps that's wishful thinking for this particular co-production. There are so many great actresses in their 40's-50's (the *actual* ages of the characters) who could take this on.
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