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Follies
                  
Demo
Composer's Demo - Under the title "The Girls Upstairs"
December 2, 1968
Ameircan Theatre Lab
Stephen Sondheim                    

Original Broadway Production
Boston Try-Out
1971 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard**
Shubert Theatre
Alexis Smith (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Dorothy Collins (Sally Durant Plummer), Gene Nelson (Buddy Plummer), John McMartin (Benjamin Stone), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Ethel Shutta (Hattie), Fifi D'Orsay (Solange), Justine Johnson (Heidi)
Note: About 90 minutes of highlights.

Broadway
August 2, 1971 - Final Preview [CD]
Winter Garden Theatre
Alexis Smith (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Dorothy Collins (Sally Durant Plummer), Gene Nelson (Buddy Plummer), John McMartin (Benjamin Stone), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Ethel Shutta (Hattie), Fifi D'Orsay (Solange), Justine Johnson (Heidi)
Note: Commonly labeled as "Second Preview," this is actually August 2nd.  The Second Preview has yet to be unearthed.  Includes two bonus tracks from "Ed McMahon sings Follies."

December 18 1971 [CD]
Winter Garden Theatre
Alexis Smith (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Dorothy Collins (Sally Durant Plummer), Gene Nelson (Buddy Plummer), John McMartin (Benjamin Stone), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Helen Blount (u/s Hattie), Fifi D'Orsay (Solange), Justine Johnson (Heidi), Alexandria Borrie (Young Phyllis Rogers Stone), John Johann (Young Benjamin Stone)
Note: Great quality audio.  DeCarlo does NOT flub "I'm Still Here"

April 5, 1972
Winter Garden Theatre
Alexis Smith (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Dorothy Collins (Sally Durant Plummer), Gene Nelson (Buddy Plummer), John McMartin (Benjamin Stone), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Ethel Shutta (Hattie), Fifi D'Orsay (Solange), Justine Johnson (Heidi), Alexandra Borrie (Young Phyllis Rogers Stone), Marti Rolph (Young Sally Durant Plummer), Harvey Evans (Young Buddy Plummer), John Johann (Young Benjamin Stone), Mary McCarty (Stella), Victoria Mallory (Young Heidi), Edwin Steffe (u/s Dimitri Weissman), Michael Bartlett (Roscoe), Camila Ashland (Emily), Ted Lawrie (Theodore), Jan Clayton (Christine Crane), John J. Martin (Max Deems), David Roman (Kevin), Victor Griffin (Vincent), Jayne Turner (Vanessa), Donald Weissmuller (Willy Wheeler), Marion Marlowe (Meredith Lane), Sonja Levkova (Sandra Donovan)

Original Los Angeles Production
September 1972 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Shubert Theatre
Alexis Smith (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Janet Blair (Sally Durant Plummer), Gene Nelson (Buddy Plummer), Edward Winter (Benjamin Stone), Yvonne DeCarlo (Carlotta), Ethel Shutta (Hattie), Fifi D'Orsay (Solange), Justine Johnstonn (Heidi), Suzanne Rogers (Young Phyllis Rogers Stone), Marti Rolph (Young Sally Durant Plummer/Young Heidi), Harvey Evans (Young Buddy Plummer), Kurt Peterson (Young Benjamin Stone), Mary McCarty (Stella), Michael Bartlett (Roscoe), Ralph Nelson (Kevin), Camila Ashland, Ted Lawrie

Original London Production                             
1987 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Shafttesbury Theatre
Diana Rigg (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Julia McKenzie (Sally Durant Plummer), Daniel Massey (Buddy Plummer), David Healey (Benjamin Stone), Dolores Gray (Carlotta), Margaret Courtneay (Hattie), Maria Charles (Solange), Adele Leigh (Heidi)

February 3, 1987 - Closing Night
Shafttesbury Theatre
Millicent Martin (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Julia McKenzie (Sally Durant Plummer), Daniel Massey (Buddy Plummer), David Healey (Benjamin Stone), Eartha Kitt (Carlotta), Hope Jackman (Hattie), Maria Charles (Solange), Adele Leigh (Heidi)

2001 Broadway Revival                                
2001 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Belasco Theatre
Blythe Danner (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Judith Ivey (Sally Durant Plummer), Treat Williams (Buddy Plummer), Gregory Harrison (Benjamin Stone), Polly Bergen (Carlotta), Betty Garrett (Hattie), Jane White (Solange), Joan Roberts (Heidi)

July 14, 2001 - Closing Night [CD]
Belasco Theatre
Blythe Danner (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Judith Ivey (Sally Durant Plummer), Treat Williams (Buddy Plummer), Gregory Harrison (Benjamin Stone), Polly Bergen (Carlotta), Betty Garrett (Hattie), Jane White (Solange), Joan Roberts (Heidi)
Note: Missing "I'm Still Here"

2007 City Center Encores! Production                  
February 7, 2007 - Dress Rehearsal [CD]
City Center
Donna Murphy (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Victoria Clark (Sally Durant Plummer), Matt McGrath (Buddy Plummer), Victor Garber (Benjamin Stone), Christine Barinski (Carlotta), Mimi Hines (Hattie), Yvonne Constant (Solange), Joanne Worley (Stella)

February 8, 2007 - Opening Night
City Center
Donna Murphy (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Victoria Clark (Sally Durant Plummer), Matt McGrath (Buddy Plummer), Victor Garber (Benjamin Stone), Christine Barinski (Carlotta), Mimi Hines (Hattie), Yvonne Constant (Solange), Joanne Worley (Stella)

February 9, 2007 [CD]
City Center
Donna Murphy (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Victoria Clark (Sally Durant Plummer), Matt McGrath (Buddy Plummer), Victor Garber (Benjamin Stone), Christine Barinski (Carlotta), Mimi Hines (Hattie), Yvonne Constant (Solange), Joanne Worley (Stella)

February 11, 2007
City Center
Donna Murphy (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Victoria Clark (Sally Durant Plummer), Matt McGrath (Buddy Plummer), Victor Garber (Benjamin Stone), Christine Barinski (Carlotta), Mimi Hines (Hattie), Yvonne Constant (Solange), Joanne Worley (Stella)

2011 Kennedy Center Production
May 11, 2011
Eisenhower Theatre
Jan Maxwell (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Bernadette Peters (Sally Durant Plummer), Danny Burstein (Buddy Plummer), Ron Raines (Benjamin Stone), Elaine Page (Carlotta), Linda Lavin (Hattie), Terri White (Stella)
Note: At this performance Régine, who normally played Solange, did not appear and no understudy was available, so the role was cut.

2011 Broadway Revival
January 22, 2012 - Closing Night
Marquis Theatre
Jan Maxwell (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Bernadette Peters (Sally Durant Plummer), Danny Burstein (Buddy Plummer), Ron Raines (Benjamin Stone), Elaine Page (Carlotta), Jayne Houdyshell (Hattie), Terri White (Stella)
 
2012 Los Angeles Production
May 18, 2012
Ahmanson Theatre
Jan Maxwell (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Victoria Clark (Sally Durant Plummer), Danny Burstein (Buddy Plummer), Ron Raines (Benjamin Stone), Elaine Page (Carlotta), Jayne Houdyshell (Hattie), Terri White (Stella), Sammy Williams (Teddy Whitman)

Spring 2012 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard**
Ahmanson Theatre
Jan Maxwell (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Victoria Clark (Sally Durant Plummer), Danny Burstein (Buddy Plummer), Ron Raines (Benjamin Stone), Elaine Page (Carlotta), Jayne Houdyshell (Hattie), Terri White (Stella), Sammy Williams (Teddy Whitman)

REGIONAL PRODUCTIONS                             
1977 Melody Top Theatre Production
July 1977 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard** [CD]
Melody Top Theatre, Milwaukee
Dorothy Collins (Sally Durant Plummer), Anne Jefferys (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Jack Washburn, Ted Lawrie, Jill Corey
Note: Complete

1985 New York Philharmonic Concert
September 7, 1985
Avery Fisher Music Hall
Lee Remick (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Barbara Cook (Sally Durant Plummer), Mandy Patinkin (Buddy Plummer), George Hearn (Benjamin Stone), Carol Burnett (Carlotta), Elaine Stritch (Hattie)

1985 Library Theatre Company Production
1985 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe
Josephine Blake (Phyills), Mary Millar (Sally Durant Plummer), Bill Bradley (Buddy Plummer), Kevin Colson (Benjamin Stone), Jeannie Harris (Carlotta), Chili Bouchier (Hattie), Monica Dell (Solange), Meg Johnson (Stella)

1990 Long Beach Civic Light Opera Production
March, 1990 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard** [CD]
Terrace Theatre
Juliet Prowse (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Shani Wallis (Sally Durant Plummer), Harvey Evans (Buddy Plummer), Ed Evanko (Benjamin Stone), Karen Morrow (Carlotta), Dorothy Lamour (Carlotta), Susan Johnson (Stella), Yma Sumac (Heidi)

1993 London Concert
October 31, 1993
Brighton Dome
Rosemary Ashe (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Mary Millar (Sally Durant Plummer), Matt Zimmerman (Buddy Plummer), David Firth (Benjamin Stone), Josephine Blake (Carlotta), Chilei Boucher (Carlotta), Joan Savage (Stella), Helen Landis (Heidi), Caroline O'Connor (Young Phyllis Rogers Stone)

1994 Leicester Haymarket Production
October 1994 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Leicester Haymarket
Mari Gordon-Price (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Mary Millar (Sally Durant Plummer), Michael Heath (Buddy Plummer), Russell Dixon (Benjamin Stone), Buster Skeggs (Carlotta), Meg Johnson (Stella), Joan Goss (Heidi)
Note: TRACKING MASTER

1995 Theatre Under the Stars/5th Avenue Theatre Joint Production
May 13, 1995
5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle
Constance Towers (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Judy Kaye (Sally Durant Plummer), John-Charles Kelly (Buddy Plummer), Walter Charles (Benjamin Stone), Karen Morrow (Carlotta), Maxene Andrews (Hattie), Denise Darcel (Solange), Kelly Britt (Stella), Edie Adams (Heidi)

1996 BBC2 Radio Broadcast
December 8, 1996
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Donna McKechnie (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Julia McKenzie (Sally Durant Plummer), Dennis Quilley (Buddy Plummer), Ron Moody (Benjamin Stone), Angela Richards (Carlotta), Libby Morris (Hattie), Maria Charles (Solange), Joan Savage (Stella), Eileen Paige (Heidi)

2002 LA Reprise! Production
June 2002 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Wadsworth Theatre
Patty Duke (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Vikki Carr (Sally Durant Plummer), Harry Groener (Buddy Plummer), Bob Gunton (Benjamin Stone), Donna McKechnie (Carlotta), Carole Cook (Hattie), Andrea McBoom (Solange), Liz Torres (Stella), Justine Johnson (Hiedi), Ken Page (Roscoe)

2002 London Fringe Revival
August 2002 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Royal Festival Hall
Louise Gold (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Kathryn Edwards (Sally Durant Plummer), Henry Goodman (Buddy Plummer), David Durham (Benjamin Stone), Diane Langton (Carlotta),

2003 Regional Concert
January 2003 - Exact Date Unknown
Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor
Virginia Sandifur (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Marti Rolph (Sally Durant Plummer), Harvey Evans (Buddy Plummer), Kurt Peterson (Benjamin Stone), Donna McKechnie (Carlotta)

2005 Barrington Stage Company Production
Summer 2005 - Exact Date Unknown
Consolati Performing Arts Center
Leslie Denniston (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Kim Crosby (Sally Durrant Plummer), Lara Teeter (Buddy Plummer), Jeff McCarthy (Benjamin Stone), Donna McKechnie (Carlotta)

2007 London Concert
February 4, 2007
London Palladium
Liz Robertson (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Maria Freidman (Sally Durant Plummer), Tim Flavin (Buddy Plummer), Philip Quast (Benjamin Stone), Kim Criswell (Carlotta)

Amsterdam Concert
Date Unknown
Jasperina de Jong (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Loeki Knol (Sally Durant Plummer), Frans Mulder (Buddy Plummer), Hans Peter Jannsens (Benjamin Stone), Terry Van Ginderin (Carlotta/Stella), Chris Lomme (Hattie), Lea Thys (Solange), Fred Brouwers (Theodore), Carla Lipp (Emily), Sharon Scheffer (Young Heidi)

2008 Australian Concert
July 2008 - Exact Date Unknown
State Theatre, Melbourne
Anne Wood (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Debra Byrne (Sally Durant Plummer), Phillip Gould (Buddy Plummer), John Diedrich (Benjamin Stone), Judi Connelli (Carlotta), Nancye Hayes (Hattie), Melissa Langton (Stella), Monique Brynnel (Solange), Margaret Haggart (Heidi), Kenneth Collins (Roscoe)

2009 Actor's Theatre Company Production
2009 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard** [CD]
Actor's Theatre Company
Marcia Kauzrinsky (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Mary Alexander (Sally Durant Plummer), Rick Rapp (Buddy Plummer), Dennis M. Barden (Benjamin Stone), Barbara Rosin (Carlotta), Jeaniane Benjamin Stoneton (Hattie), Missie Hirsch (Solange), Marian Katterback (Stella), JoAnn Minds (Heidi)
Note: Songs Only