FOLLIES National Theatre Live
This recording of the Follies by Stephen Sondheim was captured live from the National Theatre in 2017and will be showing in the King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Cinema on Thursday 2 September at 7 pm.
Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical, captured live from the National Theatre in London, returns to cinemas. New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves. Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, it’s directed by Dominic Cooke (The Comedy of Errors).
Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, Sondheim’s previous work includes A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George.
