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Everything Was Possible: the Birth of the Musical Follies.

Publication: The Wilson Quarterly
Publication Date: 01-JAN-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Everything Was Possible: the Birth of the Musical Follies.(Book Review)

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By Ted Chapin. Knopf. 331 pp. $30

A show on the scale of the original 1971 production of Follies--with a cast of 50, plus 27 musicians (and no computers) in the orchestra pit, a monumental set, and 140 costumes--would have little chance of making it to Broadway today. The financial risk would be too great. Of course, Follies was too grand for 1971 as well: It closed after 522 performances (not a bad run under ordinary circumstances) without recouping a penny for investors. The show did win seven Tony awards--for its score (Stephen...

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