Prologue: Beautiful Girls
Original Broadway Cast of Follies & Michael Bartlett * Track #1 On Follies (Original Broadway Cast)
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- #1Prologue: Beautiful Girls
Original Broadway Cast of Follies & Michael Bartlett &
- #2Don’t Look At Me
Original Broadway Cast of Follies & John McMartin & Dorothy Collins
- #3Waiting for the Girls Upstairs
Original Broadway Cast of Follies
- #4Ah, Paris! / Broadway Baby
Original Broadway Cast of Follies & &
- #5The Road You Didn’t Take
John McMartin
- #6In Buddy’s Eyes
Dorothy Collins
- #7
Who’s That WomanOriginal Broadway Cast of Follies & Mary McCarty
- #8I’m Still Here
Yvonne De Carlo
- #9Too Many Mornings
Original Broadway Cast of Follies & Dorothy Collins & John McMartin
- #10The Right Girl
Gene Nelson (Actor)
- #11One More Kiss
Original Broadway Cast of Follies & Justine Johnson & Victoria Mallory
- #12Could I Leave You?
Alexis Smith
- #13You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow / Love Will See Us Through
Original Broadway Cast of Follies & Harvey Evans & Kurt Peterson & & & Dorothy Collins & Gene Nelson (Actor)
- #14The God-Why-Don’t-You-Love-Me Blues
Original Broadway Cast of Follies & Gene Nelson (Actor) & &
- #15Losing My Mind
Dorothy Collins
- #16The Story of Lucy and Jessie
Alexis Smith
- #17Live, Laugh, Love
Original Broadway Cast of Follies & John McMartin
Prologue: Beautiful Girls by Original Broadway Cast of Follies (Ft. Edwin Steffe & Michael Bartlett)
Performed by
Original Broadway Cast of FolliesMichael BartlettProduced by
Dick JonesWrited by
Stephen SondheimAbout
To begin the show, Roscoe sings a song typical of similar shows staged by the likes of Florenz Ziegfeld, with a male singer praising the beauty of the showgirls employed by the theater and promising the customers that they’ll have plenty of female beauty to look at.
Prologue: Beautiful Girls Lyrics
[WEISMANN, spoken]
For those of you whose memories may be going, I'm Dimitiri Weismann. Welcome to our first and last reunion. A final chance before my theater comes down to stumble through a song or two, and lie about ourselves, a little. There's a band, free food and drink, and Roscoe's here as always to bring on the Weismann girls. Maestro?
[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]
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 & GUESTS]
Girls!
Prologue: Beautiful Girls Q&A
Who wrote Prologue: Beautiful Girls's ?
Prologue: Beautiful Girls was written by Stephen Sondheim.
Who produced Prologue: Beautiful Girls's ?
Prologue: Beautiful Girls was produced by Dick Jones.