I just got my Follies in Concert and OBC of Pacific Overtures CD's!

Yes - it is Long Duc Dong himself!

Stavisky was a 1974 Alain Resnais film that Sondheim scored. From comments on IMDB: "The exquisite score by Stephen Sondheim is on a par with a film that might be described as The Great Gatsby en français, in much the same way Joseph Losey's Monsieur Klein could be said to be a sort of Gallic "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley"."

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Updated On: 2/8/06 at 04:25 PM

The concert is hard to beat, but you'll find supporters of just about any recording. The only one I dislike is the London Cast with Diana Rigg, etc.

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I LOVE the Papermill recording...even if my favorite song (Lucy & Jesse) was replaced. Happy they included it as a bonus track.

This is actually a prime example of lyrics hurting a song. Same-ish music - "Uptown-Downtown" not so much. "Lucy & Jesse" - GLEE!

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there are a few parts of the FOLLIES concert that don't work for me. i have to skip over any utterance of mandy patinkin's and carol's "i'm still here" just doesn't do it for me (this is my most favorite of all sondheim -- if i was forced to pick) i love the "rain on the roof" of betty and adolph and the young people's numbers are exquisitely sung. the video of the show is one of my great fasciniations and i have watched it many times.
ps. i can't even comment on barbara cook. you should see the reverance with which she is treated by people in the video. if anyone wants to know a funny stritch anecdote from someone who was there, you can PM me. : )

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