WHO’S THAT WOMAN?

Book by JAMES GOLDMAN
Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Directed originally on Broadway by Harold Prince

THE LONG AWAITED LEGENDARY MUSICAL STARRING

JOHN DIEDRICH, ANNE WOOD, PHILIP GOULD, DEBRA BYRNE, MONIQUE BRYNNEL, KENNETH COLLINS, JUDI CONNELLI, NANCYE HAYES, MELISSA LANGTON, PATTI NEWTON, JUDITH ROBERTS AND BUD TINGWELL

To launch our 10th anniversary season is the great musical Follies.

It takes place on the stage of an about-to-be-demolished theatre in 1971. Impresario, Dimitri Weismann is hosting a reunion party for the Weismann Girls who descended his theatre’s staircase in opulence and style in the Follies revues from 1918 to 1941.

This joyously nostalgic party gives each of the guests a chance to step into the limelight and briefly revisit their magical past, On stage for this night of nights will be stars of Australian musical theatre.

Glamorous dance sequences evoke an era of dazzling chorus girls and memorable melodies. These showbiz sequences are the deceptively bright wrapping paper for James Goldman’s dark book in which the former stars, feeling a sense of regret, reflect on times when life was more settled and more optimistic.

Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning score includes the unforgettable songs Beautiful Girls, Waiting for The Girls Upstairs, Broadway Baby, Too Many Mornings, Could I Leave You?, and Losing My Mind.

6 PERFORMANCES • 16 – 20 July, 2008

Director
Roger Hodgman

Costume Designer
Victoria Rowell

Sound Design
Peter Grubb, Shelly Lee & Mark Benson
for System Sound

Musical Director/Conductor
Guy Simpson

Set Designer
Richard Jeziorny

Orchestra Victoria
Ellen Mentiplay, Leader

Choreographer
Dana Jolly

Lighting Designer
Paul Jackson

CAST

Anne WoodPhyllis Rogers Stone

John DiedrichBenjamin Stone

Debra ByrneSally Durant Plummer

Philip GouldBuddy Plummer

Monique BrynnelSolange Lafitte

Kenneth CollinsRoscoe

Judi ConnelliCarlotta Campion

Margaret HaggartHeidi Schiller

Nancye HayesHattie Walker

Laine LamontDeedee West

Melissa LangtonStella Deems

Patti NewtonEmily Whitman

Charles ‘Bud’ TingwellDimitri Weisman

Jack WebsterTheodore Whitman

PHOTO GALLERY

PHOTOGRAPHY BY GAVIN D ANDREWS

At performances following the opening night the role of Dimitri Weissman was performed by Grant Smith and

the role of Solange La Fitte was performed by Joanna Fripp

Philip Gould (Buddy Plummer), Debra Byrne (Sally Durant Plummer), John Diedrich (Benjamin Stone) and Anne Wood (Phyllis Roger Stone)

Philip Gould (Buddy Plummer) and Debra Byrne (Sally Durant Plummer)

Patti Newton (Emily Whitman) and Jack Webster (Theodore Whitman)

Nancye Hayes, Debra Byrne, Anne Wood, Melissa Langton, Judi Connelli, Patti Newton and Laine Lamont

Nancye Hayes (Hattie Walker)

Mary Jean O’Doherty (Young Heidi Schiller) and Margaret Haggart (Heidi Schiller)

Kenneth Collins (Roscoe)

John Diedrich (Benjamin Stone), Debra Byrne (Sally Durant Plummer), Gemma Ashley Kaplan (Young Sally Durant) and Stephen Mahy (Young Benjamin Stone)

Gemma Ashley Kaplan (Young Sally Durant) and Chris Durling (Young Buddy Plummer)

Follies Dancers

Debra Byrne (Sally Durant Plummer)

Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell (Dimitri Weisman)

Anne Wood (Phyllis Rogers Stone)

Amy Lehpamer (Young Phyllis Rogers), Stephen Mahy (Young Benjamin Stone), Gemma Ashley (Young Sally Durant) and Chris Durling (Young Buddy Plummer)

Amy Lehpamer (Young Phyllis Rogers) and Stephen Mahy (Young Benjamin Stone)

John Diedrich (Benjamin Stone)

Anne Wood (Phyllis Roger Stone), with Rohan Browne, Loredo Malcolm, Tim McDowell, Stephen Wheat, Nick Jones and Benjamin Brown

Judi Connelli (Carlotta Campion) and Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (Dimitri Weissman)

Anne Wood (Phyllis Roger Stone) and John Diedrich (Benjamin Stone)

Patti Newton (Emily Whitman), Jack Webster (Theodore Whitman), Nacye Hayes (Hattie Walker) and Laine Lamont (Deedee West)

Patti Newton (Emily Whitman), Anne Wood (Phyllis Roger Stone) , Nancye Hayes (Hattie Walker), Margaret Haggart (Heidi Schiller), Kenneth Collins (Roscoe), Melissa Langton (Stella Deems), Debra Byrne (Sally Durant Plummer), Monique Brynnel (Solange La Fitte), Laine Lamont (Deedee West) and Judi Connelli (Carlotta Campion)