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re: Follies -- Alexis Smith "This is Your Life" Possible Spoiler Alert

Posted by: liam44 05:38 pm EDT 05/07/15
In reply to: Follies -- Alexis Smith "This is Your Life" - Dashingdan 04:30 pm EDT 05/07/15

Thanks for sharing this, it was so great to see the original set for Follies designed as you said by the brilliant Boris Aronson. I was thinking of the Follies set while watching An American In Paris and was wondering to myself if Bob Crowley was paying homage to Boris in the Stairway To Paradise number? The way the little drab night club is magically transformed in a few seconds to a glorious new club. The way the set flies in just as the loveland set flew in in Follies and it has a similar sort of look to it. In fact that evening I ran into Mr. Crowley before the show and told him he was my most favorite designer since Boris Aronson.


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A wonderful and delightful treasure!

Posted by: buzzie 10:10 pm EDT 05/07/15
In reply to: re: Follies -- Alexis Smith "This is Your Life" Possible Spoiler Alert - liam44 05:38 pm EDT 05/07/15

I always loved Alexis Smith and was thrilled to see her in stock in APPLAUSE. She remained gorgeous and tall and stately her entire career. I was very young when I saw her win the Tony for FOLLIES and thought even then that she might be a dynamic Mame Dennis. One of the best things about being old (in fact the only good thing about being old) is the memory of all those wonderful Broadway babies like Alexis. Thanks for the very special memory. Alexis was never terribly drab. buzzie


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re: Follies -- Alexis Smith "This is Your Life" Possible Spoiler Alert

Posted by: chrismpls 06:59 pm EDT 05/07/15
In reply to: re: Follies -- Alexis Smith "This is Your Life" Possible Spoiler Alert - liam44 05:38 pm EDT 05/07/15

Awesome. And holy cow! "Follies" was on the cover of TIME (back when that meant something)?


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