Follies (2017)
Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical is staged for the first time at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas. New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.
Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, it’s directed by Dominic Cooke (The Comedy of Errors).
The show was filmed and screened live to cinemas on November 16, 2017 as part of The National Theatre’s NT Live program.
The filmed broadcast was not released since the original cinema screencast and is currently not available to view.
Directing:
- Tim Van Someren
Writing:
Release Date: 2017-11-16
- James Goldman
5.0/10
- Country: GB
- Runtime: 152
Imelda Staunton
Sally Durant Plummer
Philip Quast
Benjamin Stone
Gary Raymond
Dimitri Weismann
Di Botcher
Hattie Walker
Zizi Strallen
Young Phyllis
Tracie Bennett
Carlotta Campion
