Paul Gemignani & New York Philharmonic
Arthur Rubin
George Hearn & Barbara Cook
New York Philharmonic Concert Cast of Follies (1985)
Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Liliane Montevecchi
Elaine Stritch
George Hearn
Barbara Cook
Phyllis Newman
Carol Burnett
George Hearn & Barbara Cook
Mandy Patinkin
Erie Mills & Licia Albanese
Lee Remick
Follies Ensemble (1985)
Jim Walton, Liz Callaway, Howard McGillin, & Daisy Prince
Mandy Patinkin
Barbara Cook
Lee Remick
George Hearn
Follies Ensemble (1985)
[WEISMAN]
So many of you came! I am astounded. Welcome to our first and last reunion. I'm Dimitiri Weismann. Every year between the wars, 1919 to 1941, I staged a Follies in this theater. Since then, for thirty years, this house has been a home to ballet, rap, movies, blue movies. And now in a final burst of glory, it's to be a parking lot. Before that happens, I felt an urge to see you once last time. A final chance to glamorize the old days, to stumble through a song or two, and lie about ourselves, a little. So, to get things going, the inevitablе Roscoe. Here as always to bring on thе Weismann girls!
[ROSCOE]
Hats off
Here they come, those
Beautiful girls
That's what you've been waiting for
Nature never fashioned
A flower so fair
No rose can compare—
Nothing respectable
Half so delectable
Cheer them
In their glory
Diamonds and pearls
Dazzling jewels by the score
This is what beauty can be
Beauty celestial
The best you'll
Agree
All for you, these beautiful girls!
[ROSCOE & GUESTS]
Careful
Here's the home of
Beautiful girls
Where your reason is undone
Beauty can't be hindered
From taking its toll
You may lose control
Faced with these Loreleis
What man can moralize?
Caution
On your guard with
Beautiful girls
Flawless charmers, every one
This is how Samson was shorn;
Each in her style a
Delilah
Reborn!
Each a gem, a beautiful
Diadem of beautiful—
Welcome them
[ROSCOE]
These beautiful
Girls!
Beautiful Girls was written by Stephen Sondheim.
Beautiful Girls was produced by Thomas Z. Shepard.