The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
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144 minutes
11/26/1993
Overview
The Will Rogers Follies is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman. It focuses on the life and career of famed humorist and performer Will Rogers, using as a backdrop the Ziegfeld Follies, which he often headlined, and describes every episode in his life in the form of a big production number. The Rogers character also performs rope tricks in between scenes. The revue contains snippets of Rogers' famous homespun style of wisdom and common sense and tries to convey the personality of this quintessentially American figure whose most famous quote was "I never met a man I didn't like."
Cast List
Keith Carradine
as Will Rogers
Dee Hoty
as Betty Blake
Dick Latessa
as Clem Rogers
Cady Huffman
as Mr. Ziegfeld's Favorite
Gregory Peck
as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Vince Bruce
as The Roper
Jerry Mitchell
as Will Rogers Wrangler/Indian Of The Dawn
John Ganun
as Will Rogers Wrangler
Troy Britton Johnson
as Will Rogers Wrangler
Jason Opsahl
as Will Rogers Wrangler
Tom Brackney
as The Wild West Show
Bonnie Brackney
as The Wild West Show
Paul Ukena, Jr.
as Wiley Post
Roxane Barlow
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Maria Calabrese
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Rebecca Downing
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Colleen Dunn
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Toni Georgiana
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Eileen Grace
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Luba Mason
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Dana Jackson
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Stephanie Pope
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Angie L. Schworer
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Carol Denise Smith
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Aimee Turner
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Jillana Laufer
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Wendy Waring
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Christina Youngman
as New Ziegfeld Girl
Gregory Scott Carter
as Freddy Rogers
Rick Faugno
as Will Rogers, Jr.
Tammy Minoff
as Mary Rogers
Lance Robinson
as James Rogers
Tom Flagg
as Mr. Ziegfeld's Stage Manager