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)
[BEN, spoken]
Phyllis?
[PHYLLIS, spoken]
I'm here, Ben. I'm right here.
[BUDDY, spoken]
Sally? You all right?
[SALLY, spoken]
I don't know, I guess so. Buddy, will you take me home?
[BUDDY, spoken]
Sure I will, kid. Well, some party, huh?
[BEN, spoken]
That's fair to say.
[PHYLLIS, spoken]
You know something Ben? I'm glad we came.
[YOUNG BUDDY]
Hey, up there!
[YOUNG BEN]
Way up there!
[YOUNG BUDDY & YOUNG BEN]
Whaddaya say up there!
[YOUNG SALLY, spoken]
Hi...
[YOUNG BEN, spoken]
Girls...
[YOUNG PHYLLIS, spoken]
Ben...
[YOUNG BUDDY, spoken]
Sally...
[BUDDY]
Waiting around for the girls upstairs
After the curtain came down—
[BEN]
Money in my pocket to spend
[BEN & BUDDY]
"Honey, could you maybe get a friend for my friend?"
[SALLY]
Holding our ground for the boys below
Fussing around with our hair—
[PHYLLIS]
Giggling, wriggling out of our tights
[SALLY & PHYLLIS]
Chattering and clattering down all of those flights—
[SALLY, PHYLLIS, BUDDY, & BEN]
God, I'd forgotten thеre ever wеre nights
Of waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls upstairs
[WEISMANN, spoken]
There's a time and place for everything. I can't complain. We've had our share. It's late. It's past our bedtimes. So much for our reunion. Weismann girls, what can I say? Hats off, here they come, those beautiful girls!
[ENSEMBLE]
Hats off
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
[ROSCOE & ENSEMBLE]
Girls!
Finale: Waiting for the Girls Upstairs (Reprise) / Beautiful Girls (Reprise) was written by Stephen Sondheim.
Finale: Waiting for the Girls Upstairs (Reprise) / Beautiful Girls (Reprise) was produced by Thomas Z. Shepard.