Casting Complete for Kennedy Center Follies, Starring Bernadette Peters
Casting is complete for the Kennedy Center’s forthcoming revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, starring previously announced stars Bernadette Peters as Sally Durant Plummer, Jan Maxwell as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Danny Burstein as Buddy Plummer, Ron Raines as Benjamin Stone, Elaine Paige as Carlotta Campion and Linda Lavin as Hattie Walker. The production will run from May 7 to June 19 at the Eisenhower Theatre, directed by Eric Schaeffer.
Joining the principals and previously announced cast members Terrence Currier (Theodore Whitman), Rosalind Elias (Heidi Schiller), Florence Lacey (Sandra Crane), Régine (Solange LaFitte), David Sabin (Dimitri Weismann), Susan Watson (Emily Whitman) and Terri White (Stella Deems) will be Christian Delcroix as Young Buddy, Colleen Fitzpatrick as Dee Dee West, Lora Lee Gayer as Young Sally, Michael Hayes as Roscoe, Kirsten Scott as Young Phyllis, Frederick Strothers as Max Deems and Nick Verina as Young Ben.
Rounding out the ensemble will be Lawrence Alexander, Brandon Bieber, John Carroll, Sara Edwards, Leslie Flesner, Jenifer Foote, Leah Horowitz, Suzanne Hylenski, Danielle Jordan, Joe Kolinski, Amanda Larsen, Brittany Marcin, Edrie Means, Erin Moore, Pamela Otterson, Clifton Samuels, Kiira Schmidt, Brian Shepard, Sam Strasfeld, Amos Wolff and Ashley Yeater.
Follies features a book by James Goldman and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. When former members of the Weismann Follies reunite on the eve of their theater's demolition, two couples remember their past and face the harsher realities of the present. The shadows of their younger selves remind them of the complicated steps they've danced, both on the stage and throughout their lives.
The original Broadway production of Follies opened on April 4, 1971, starring Dorothy Collins, John McMartin, Gene Nelson and Alexis Smith. It ran for 522 performances in the Winter Garden Theatre and received seven Tony Awards, including Best Original Score.
The Kennedy Center production of Follies will feature choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by James Moore, conducting the 28-piece Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and using Jonathan Tunick’s original orchestrations. The creative team includes Derek McLane (scenic design), Gregg Barnes (costume design) and Natasha Katz (lighting design).
