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Follies Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Follies [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Sondheim, Stephen
  • Stern, Eric
  • Stern, Eric
  • Sondheim, Stephen
  • Warchus, Matthew
  • Kelly, Jude
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (80 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program features a panel discussion of the 2001 Broadway revival of Sondheim's Follies, interspersed with performances of song excerpts from the musical. The composer recalls the gestation of the 1971 show, which centers on a reunion of former Broadway chorus girs, and the origins of certain songs, including I'm still here, Losing my mind, The road you didn't take, and Broadway baby. He also discusses his attempts to experiment with fractured narrative and musical dissonance within the constraints of commercial theatre. The director talks about the dramatic elements that drew him to Follies, and the panelists also discuss how the show's themes of decline and regret are given added power by the casting of aging female performers.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 159
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 8, 2001.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1163
OCLC
85767254
Title
Follies [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 159
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Musical excerpts performed by Eric Stern, musical director. Panelists: Stephen Sondheim, composer ; Matthew Warchus, director. Moderator: Jude Kelly.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 8, 2001.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Added Author
Sondheim, Stephen. Follies. Selections.
Stern, Eric, singer.
Stern, Eric. Instrumentalist
Sondheim, Stephen, interviewee.
Warchus, Matthew, interviewee.
Kelly, Jude. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1163
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