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Additional authors

1. Sondheim, Stephen
2. Stern, Eric
3. Stern, Eric
4. Sondheim, Stephen
5. Warchus, Matthew
6. Kelly, Jude
7. Cronson, Mary Sharp
8. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (80 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program features a panel discussion of the 2001 Broadway revival of Sondheim's Follies, interspersed with performances of song excerpts from the musical. The composer recalls the gestation of the 1971 show, which centers on a reunion of former Broadway chorus girs, and the origins of certain songs, including I'm still here, Losing my mind, The road you didn't take, and Broadway baby. He also discusses his attempts to experiment with fractured narrative and musical dissonance within the constraints of commercial theatre. The director talks about the dramatic elements that drew him to Follies, and the panelists also discuss how the show's themes of decline and regret are given added power by the casting of aging female performers.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 159

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Sondheim, Stephen > Follies
2. Video
3. Music
4. Musical theater

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1163

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 8, 2001.

Funding (note)

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Title

1. Follies [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 2001.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 159
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

1. Musical excerpts performed by Eric Stern, musical director. Panelists: Stephen Sondheim, composer ; Matthew Warchus, director. Moderator: Jude Kelly.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 8, 2001.

Funding

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Added author

1. Sondheim, Stephen. Follies. Selections.
2. Stern, Eric, singer.
3. Stern, Eric. Instrumentalist
4. Sondheim, Stephen, interviewee.
5. Warchus, Matthew, interviewee.
6. Kelly, Jude. Moderator
7. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
8. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1163