The entrance of the past Follies performers and their spouses and companions starts with "That Old Piano Roll," a book song (albeit one that sounds like a pastiche song) that was cut before rehearsals started in 1971. "I'm Still Here" Is not a Weismann Follies song. "Can That Boy Foxtrot" was one, even though the conceit originally was that it was cut out of town.
In the original production, Carlotta entered when "Rain on the Roof" was playing. In the NT production, she enters after Stella and Sam, while "Who's That Woman?" is playing.
In both the original and the NT production, it's Phyllis and Ben who enter when "Foxtrot" plays.
So in neither production was there much consistency in attempting in matching songs to the entrances.
Nor do all these things particularly make sense. When Buddy enters, after "Hey, up there! etc.," we hear "The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues," even though we never hear "Losing My Mind," "The Story of Lucy and Jessie" or "Live, Laugh, Love" before we hear them in the "Follies" sequence.
For the most part, underscoring from the party musicians features songs that are defined as having been Weismann Follies songs, yet we also hear "Loveland," which would not seem to have been a Weismann Follies song, but simply one from the surreal "Follies" sequence. A show out of town still making big changes does what it has to do. People seeing a show for the first time are not going to notice these things. |
