Follies has a Lunoo score of 9.1/10. This score is based on AI-powered analysis of category fit, feature coverage, pricing signals, public reception, and recency.

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Follies is ranked #16 in Lunoo's Best Play rankings with a score of 9.1/10.

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Follies

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Play Nostalgia Dark Musical Broadway Sondheim

description Follies Overview

Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman, first produced on Broadway in 1971. Former performers from the fictional Weismann Follies reunite in a theater scheduled for demolition, accompanied onstage by younger versions of themselves. Centering on the marriages of Sally and Buddy Plummer and Phyllis and Benjamin Stone, the work examines memory, regret, aging, and the gap between romantic fantasy and lived experience.

insights Ranking position

Follies ranks #16 of 203 in the Play ranking, behind Angels in America: Perestroika, ahead of The Wild Duck.

help Follies FAQ

Why do younger versions of the characters appear in "Follies"?

The younger figures embody the characters as they were during their Weismann Follies years, making memory physically present onstage. They observe and sometimes mirror the older couples as old romantic choices and disappointments resurface.

What is the theater being demolished in "Follies" meant to represent?

The condemned theater is both the reunion venue and a symbol of a vanished Broadway era modeled on lavish revues such as the Ziegfeld Follies. Its destruction parallels the characters' realization that their idealized youth cannot be recovered.

Which famous songs come from Stephen Sondheim's "Follies"?

"I'm Still Here," "Broadway Baby," "Losing My Mind," and "Could I Leave You?" all come from the score. Several numbers imitate older popular-song and revue styles while revealing the characters' present emotional crises.

Why does the final section of "Follies" turn into a full-scale revue?

The "Loveland" sequence transforms Ben, Sally, Buddy, and Phyllis's private conflicts into elaborate Follies-style production numbers. Songs such as "The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues" and "Live, Laugh, Love" expose the fantasies each character has been using to avoid reality.

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