Editing Follies (section)

===1985 Wythenshawe and Lincoln Center===
A full production ran at the Forum Theatre, [[Wythenshawe]], England, from April 30, 1985, directed by Howard Lloyd-Lewis, design by Chris Kinman, costumes by Charles Cusick-Smith, lighting by Tim Wratten, musical direction by Simon Lowe, and choreographed by Paul Kerryson.<ref>[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/play_sub_details?notes2=&theatre2=Forum%20Theatre,%20Wythenshaw&season2=1984-1985&play_title2=Follies&author_id=316&unique_key=2592&composer_id=122&designers_id=392&director_id=440 "Follies at the Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe, partial listing"], University of Bristol (bris.ac.uk). Retrieved February 22, 2010.</ref> The cast included [[Mary Millar]] (Sally Durant Plummer), Liz Izen (Young Sally), [[Meg Johnson (actress)|Meg Johnson]] (Stella Deems), Les Want (Max Deems), Betty Benfield (Heidi Schiller), Joseph Powell (Roscoe), [[Chili Bouchier]] (Hattie Walker), Shirley Greenwood (Emily Whitman), Bryan Burdon (Theodore Whitman), Monica Dell (Solange LaFitte), Jeannie Harris (Carlotta Campion), Josephine Blake (Phyllis Rogers Stone), [[Kevin Colson]] (Ben), Debbie Snook (Young Phyllis), Stephen Hale (Young Ben), Bill Bradley (Buddy Plummer), Paul Burton (Young Buddy), [[David Scase]] (Dimitri Weismann), [[Mitch Sebastian]] (Young Vincent), Kim Ismay (Young Vanessa), Lorraine Croft (Young Stella), and Meryl Richardson (Young Heidi).<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/follies.html#Manchester {{"'}}Follies' Manchester"] sondheimguide.com, accessed October 13, 2011,</ref>

A staged concert at [[Avery Fisher Hall]], [[Lincoln Center]], was performed on September 6 and 7, 1985. The concert starred [[Barbara Cook]] (Sally), [[George Hearn]] (Ben), [[Mandy Patinkin]] (Buddy), and [[Lee Remick]] (Phyllis), and featured [[Carol Burnett]] (Carlotta), [[Betty Comden]] (Emily), [[Adolph Green]] (Theodore), [[Liliane Montevecchi]] (Solange LaFitte), [[Elaine Stritch]] (Hattie Walker), [[Phyllis Newman]] (Stella Deems), [[Jim Walton (actor)|Jim Walton]] (Young Buddy), [[Howard McGillin]] (Young Ben), [[Liz Callaway]] (Young Sally), Daisy Prince (Young Phyllis), [[Andre Gregory]] (Dmitri), Arthur Rubin (Roscoe), and [[Licia Albanese]] (Heidi Schiller). Rich, in his review, noted that "As performed at Avery Fisher Hall, the score emerged as an original whole, in which the 'modern' music and mock vintage tunes constantly comment on each other, much as the script's action unfolds simultaneously in 1971 (the year of the reunion) and 1941 (the year the Follies disbanded)."<ref name=rich1/>

Among the reasons the concert was staged was to provide an opportunity to record the entire score. The resulting album was more complete than the original cast album.<ref name=rich1/> However, director [[Herbert Ross]] took some liberties in adapting the book and score for the concert format—dance music was changed, songs were given false endings, the new dialogue was spoken, reprises were added, and Patinkin was allowed to sing "The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues" as a solo instead of a trio with two chorus girls. Portions of the concert were seen by audiences worldwide in the televised documentary about the making of the concert, also released on videotape and DVD, of'' 'Follies' in Concert''.<ref>[[IMDbTitle:0208162|{{"'}}Follies in Concert' (1986) (TV)"]] Internet Movie Database listing, Retrieved August 29, 2010.</ref>