The Epic Landmark Broadway Musical with Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim comes to Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa.
Metropolis Theatricals Las Vegas LLC (Producers Tom Michel, David Robinson, and Sean Stephenson announced the brilliant Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, Follies, will make its Las Vegas premiere at the Access Showroom at Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa April 11-14.
The production will feature a cast of 45 dazzling performers, the 26-piece JOI jazz orchestra with strings, and a dozen legendary Las Vegas showgirls. Tony Award nominee and the original “Annie,” Andrea McArdle, is part of the cast of Follies.
Follies is a masterpiece Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (Into the Woods, Company, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along), book by James Goldman (The Lion in Winter), orchestrations by EGOT-winner Jonathan Tunick (Sweeney Todd, Company, A Chorus Line), co-direction by Hal Prince (Phantom of the Opera) and Michael Bennett (A Chorus Line), and choreography by Mr. Bennett. It premiered on Broadway in 1971 and won seven Tony Awards®, including Best Original Musical Score.
While the musical’s plot revolves around glamorous showgirls, talented entertainers, and the oft-bittersweet realization that—like so many things in Las Vegas—all good things must come to an end. These performances mark the Las Vegas premiere of Follies, over 50 years after it made its triumphant Broadway arrival.
While often performed by actresses, the Las Vegas premiere of Follies will also feature a dozen actual legendary showgirls—each with astonishing work resumés from the Las Vegas Strip of the past.
Included are Showgirl Legacy Foundation founder Lou Anne Chessik, Joni Sailon, Lauri S. Thompson, Diane Michelle Varney, Suzanne Jipson, Marla Gomes, Teri Thorndike, Sheri Mirault, Terry Ritter, Ramona Shaw, Cindy Doumani whose family operated The Tropicana and built the El Morocco and La Concha motels (the La Concha’s lobby is now the entry to The Neon Museum). Also featured will be legendary 96-year-old Anna Bailey, the first African-American showgirl ever to appear on the Las Vegas Strip.
This production of Follies marks its Las Vegas premiere, over 50 years after the musical made its triumphant arrival on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre.
There are six performances only to be performed at the Access Showroom at Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa April 11-14. Tickets are available at AlianteGaming.com or Ticketmaster.com. For more info, visit showgirlscomehome.com and follow on Facebook @ showgirlscomehome and YouTube @ showgirlscomhome. For tickets, https://showgirlscomehome.com/tickets.