"Folleys" Due at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake

Tthe Shaw Festival’s concert production of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary Follies will be presented for a limited engagement in the Festival Theatre, with performances on August 29, September 12 and 27, and October 4.

Follies, with almost 50 actors, singers and dancers in the original cast, is rarely staged. The Shaw’s Concert includes 21 of the 45 musical Ensemble members cast for the 2008 season.

Tthe original Follies production won seven Tony Awards. “Broadway Baby”, “I’m Still Here”, “In Buddy’s Eyes” and “Losing My Mind” are Follies songs that have become celebrated Broadway standards. Set in the early ’70s, the piece explores the time between the World Wars in the American musical, juxtaposing the romanticism of the past with the cynicism of the present, and ultimately revealing the foolishness of living in the past.

Follies: In Concert is the second Sondheim musical to be presented by the Shaw Festival this season. The sophisticated A Little Night Music, directed by Morris Panych, continues to run in the Court House Theatre until October 4.

For tickets and information, visit www.shawfest.com or call 1-800-511-7429.