Winter Garden Theatre, (4/4/1971 - 7/1/1972)

Category: Musical, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: A party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tonight.

Comments: "Follies" was originally titled "The Girls Upstairs"

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization

Produced by Harold Prince; Produced in association with Ruth Mitchell

Book by James Goldman; Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Musical Director: Harold Hastings; Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick; Dance arrangements by John Berkman; Choral arrangements by Harold Hastings; Assistant Musical Dir.: Paul Cianci

Directed by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett; Choreographed by Michael Bennett; Associate Choreographer: Bob Avian

Scenic Design by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Florence Klotz; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Hairstylist: Joe Tubens; Make-Up Design by Ted Azar; Sound Design by Jack Mann; Make-up executed by Charles La France; Assistant to Mr. Aronson: Lisa Jalowetz, John J. Moore and James F. Göhl; Assistant to Ms. Musser: Spencer Mosse; Assistant to Miss Klotz: Domingo Rodriguez and Joseph E. Miller

General Manager: Carl Fisher

Production Stage Manager: Fritz Holt; Stage Manager: George Martin; Production Supervisor: Ruth Mitchell; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Grigas

Party Musician: Taft Jordan, Aaron Bell, Charles Spies and Robert Curtis; Music published by Tommy Valando; Music Copyist: Mathilde Pincus

Press Representative: Mary Bryant, Stanley F. Kamkinsky, Sadie Stein and Susan L. Schulman; Assistant to Mr. Prince: Annette Brafman Meyers; Assistant to Mr. Bennett: Graciela Daniele and Mary Jane Houdina; Casting: Joanna Merlin; Dance Captain: George Martin; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Production Assistant: Ted Chapin

Dorothy Collins	Sally Durant Plummer
John McMartin	Benjamin Stone
Gene Nelson	Buddy Plummer
Alexis Smith	Phyllis Rogers Stone
Yvonne De Carlo	Carlotta Campion
Roy Barry	Singer and Dancer
Michael Bartlett	Roscoe
Helon Blount	Dee Dee West
Steven Boockvor	Singer and Dancer
Suzanne Briggs	Showgirl
Trudy Carson	Showgirl
Ethel Barrymore Colt	Christine Crane
Kathie Dalton	Showgirl
Graciela Daniele	Young Vanessa
	Singer and Dancer
Fifi D'Orsay	Solange LaFitte
Harvey Evans	Young Buddy
Victor Griffin	Vincent
John Grigas	Chauffeur
Mary Jane Houdina	Young Hattie
	Singer and Dancer
Justine Johnston	Heidi Schiller
Fred Kelly	Willy Wheeler
Dick Latessa	Major-Domo
Sonja Levkova	Sandra Donovan
Victoria Mallory	Young Heidi
John J. Martin	Max Deems
Ursula Maschmeyer	Showgirl
Mary McCarty	Stella Deems
Michael Misita	Young Vincent
	Singer and Dancer
Arnold Moss	Dimitri Weismann
Joseph Nelson	Singer and Dancer
Ralph Nelson	Kevin
	Singer and Dancer
Rita O'Connor	Singer and Dancer
Julie Pars	Singer and Dancer
Linda Perkins	Showgirl
Kurt Peterson	Young Ben
Suzanne Rogers	Singer and Dancer
Marti Rolph	Young Sally
Virginia Sandifur	Young Phyllis
Ethel Shutta	Hattie Walker
Sheila Smith	Meredith Lane
Marcie Stringer	Emily Whitman
Margot Travers	Showgirl
Jayne Turner	Vanessa
Kenneth Urmston	Singer and Dancer
Peter Walker	Chet Richards
Donald Weissmuller	Singer and Dancer
Charles Welch	Theodore Whitman

Standbys: Sheila Smith (Carlotta Campion, Phyllis Rogers Stone, Solange LaFitte), Edwin Steffe (Dimitri Weismann).

Understudies: Helon Blount (Christine Crane, Hattie Walker, Stella Deems), Ethel Barrymore Colt (Heidi Schiller, Sally Durant Plummer), Fred Kelly (Dimitri Weismann, Major-Domo, Theodore Whitman), Dick Latessa (Buddy Plummer), Sonja Levkova (Vanessa), Peter Walker (Benjamin Stone), Donald Weissmuller (Vincent).