Overheard at FOLLIES tonight

[AC126748]

Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#1

Posted: 2/12/07 at 10:09pm

Overheard two old ladies talking as I left the theatre and thought you folks might find it amusing:

ELDERLY WOMAN #1: Donna Murphy was just wonderful! I'm surprised I liked her so much, since I hated her in PASSIONS [sic].

ELDERLY WOMAN #2: She was in PASSIONS [sic]?!? The soap opera?!?

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[Yankeefan007]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#2

Posted: 2/12/07 at 10:11pm

Aww, it's good to see she have a job since it was cancelled!

[neddyfrank2]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#2

Posted: 2/13/07 at 12:25am

Follies wasn't cancelled.

[wonderwaiter]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#3

Posted: 2/13/07 at 12:29am

It wasn't????

And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

[neddyfrank2]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#4

Posted: 2/13/07 at 12:32am

I have not read one thing that said it was.

Updated On: 2/13/07 at 12:32 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#5

Posted: 2/13/07 at 12:45am

It was a joke referring to the cancelation of the soap opera, PASSIONS.

[neddyfrank2]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#6

Posted: 2/13/07 at 12:46am

I thought Yankee was talking about Follies, not Passions.

[Kringas]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#7

Posted: 2/13/07 at 1:37am

Well, you were wrong.

"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey

[Unknown User]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#8

Posted: 2/13/07 at 2:22am

PASSIONS was cancelled!??!?!?!?!

[Unknown User]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#9

Posted: 2/13/07 at 2:31am

btw Mimi Hines would be *PERFECT* on PASSIONS!!!!!!

[allofmylife]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#10

Posted: 2/13/07 at 2:32am

Sondheim wrote a soap opera?

http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699

[Julian2]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#11

Posted: 2/13/07 at 3:00am

Yeah, but it got cancelled because that Housewives show kept stealing his titles.

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[best12bars]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#12

Posted: 2/13/07 at 8:55am

Donna Murphy... Isn't she up for an Oscar in The Dreamgirls?

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[Rathnait62]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#13

Posted: 2/13/07 at 8:58am

That's Jennifer Holliday, from So You Think You Can Dance, you dolt.

Sheesh.

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[Calvin]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#14

Posted: 2/13/07 at 9:46am

Jennifer Holliday's been dead a long time, silly. Like since the 1950s. She was a very sophisticated lady, though. She was great as Glinda in "The Wizard of Oz" film, too.
Updated On: 2/13/07 at 09:46 AM

[Borstalboy]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#15

Posted: 2/13/07 at 9:51am

Wasn't Alexis Carrington in the original production?
And Yvonne Elliman?

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Updated On: 2/13/07 at 09:51 AM

[tazber]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#16

Posted: 2/13/07 at 12:10pm

No, you're thinking of Yvonne Craig. Yvonne Elliman was the original batgirl.

....but the world goes 'round

[best12bars]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#17

Posted: 2/13/07 at 12:20pm

No, she sang "I'm Still Here" in Company.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[Calvin]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#18

Posted: 2/13/07 at 12:22pm

I thought she played Morticia Adams. Another fun fact: John Huston, who played Gomez, was also the father of the later film version's Morticia, Angelina Jolie.
Updated On: 2/13/07 at 12:22 PM

[tazber]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#19

Posted: 2/13/07 at 12:34pm

I thought Raul Julia played Gomez. It's so good to have back on bway again in Company!

....but the world goes 'round

[Unknown User]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#20

Posted: 2/13/07 at 1:05pm

i'm just wild about that TURKEY LURKEY & JUICY LUCY number!!!!!

[Kringas]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#21

Posted: 2/13/07 at 1:14pm

Does anyone have the bootleg of the Boston tryout, where Sally's folly was "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going"? I always thought it worked better for her than it did when Sondheim reused it in Dreamgirls.

"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey

[tazber]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#22

Posted: 2/13/07 at 1:24pm

Wasn't Sally's Folly a play by Lanford Wilson?

....but the world goes 'round

[Kringas]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#23

Posted: 2/13/07 at 1:28pm

It was. It's the non-musical play on which Follies was based.

"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey

[EponineAmneris]

re: Overheard at FOLLIES tonight#24

Posted: 2/13/07 at 1:36pm

*lol* This is great! *lol*

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