National Theatre Live: Follies
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National Theatre Live: Follies

8.0 / 10 2017 2h 32mNR English
DramaMusic

Storyline

New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.

Cast & Crew

Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton

Sally Durant Plummer

Lead
Peter Forbes

Peter Forbes

Buddy Plummer

Janie Dee

Janie Dee

Phyllis Rogers Stone

Philip Quast

Philip Quast

Benjamin Stone

Tracie Bennett

Tracie Bennett

Carlotta Campion

Gary Raymond

Gary Raymond

Dimitri Weismann

Jordan Shaw

Jordan Shaw

Kevin

Fred Haig

Fred Haig

Young Buddy

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tim Van Someren's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. National Theatre Live: Follies is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker