This Week on Broadway for September 18, 2011: Harvey Evans and Follies

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Steve Bell is a Director, Musical Director and Actor, who also appears as an occasional commentator on the podcast MusicalTalk out of London. Harvey Evans made his Broadway debut in 1957 as a dancer in NEW GIRL IN TOWN. He subsequently appeared as a Jet in both the original Broadway production of WEST SIDE STORY and the acclaimed film version, which is 50 years old this year. Among his many other stage, film, and television credits, Harvey created the role of Young Buddy in the legendary original Broadway production of FOLLIES, and years later he played that character's older counterpart regionally. Topics: Follies Avoiding financial 'Follies' by Michael Riedel This "Follies" may do something no other "Follies" has done -- make a profit. Stephen Sond heim and James Goldman's musical about a reunion of old showgirls has long held a storied place in musical theater his... LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK POST SUBSCRIPTION Public Lectures at Princeton » Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich A Conversation between Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich. LINKED FROM PRINCETON Theatre The Last Musical | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson by Frank Rich Frank Rich's 1971 review of the Boston tryout of Follies for the Harvard Crimson. LINKED FROM THE HARVARD CRIMSON "It is easy to avoid Follies on the grounds that it is, after all, a Broadway musical-and, given what Broadway musicals have come to mean, such a bias is understandable. But that is precisely why you should see it, for Follies is a musical about the death of the musical and everything musicals represented for the people who saw and enjoyed them when such entertainment flourished in this country. If nothing else, Follies will make clear to you exactly why such a strange kind of theatre was such an important part of the American consciousness for so long. In the playbill for this show, the setting is described as "a party on the stage of this theatre tonight." They are not kidding, and there is no getting around the fact that a large part of the chilling fascination of Follies is that its creators' are in essence presenting their own funeral." Exit Introductions Explicit: Yes Music: You're Gonna Love Tomorrow / Love Will See Us Through from Follies / Original Broadway Cast In Buddy's Eyes from Follies / 2011 Revival Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm