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The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

"Japanese television broadcast of the Tony award-winning musical."

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."

Top Cast

  • Keith Carradine

    Keith Carradine

    Will Rogers

  • Dee Hoty

    Dee Hoty

    Betty Blake

  • Dick Latessa

    Dick Latessa

    Clem Rogers

  • Cady Huffman

    Cady Huffman

    Mr. Ziegfeld's Favorite

  • Gregory Peck

    Gregory Peck

    Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)

  • Vince Bruce

    Vince Bruce

    The Roper

  • Jerry Mitchell

    Jerry Mitchell

    Will Rogers Wrangler/Indian Of The Dawn

  • John Ganun

    John Ganun

    Will Rogers Wrangler

  • Troy Britton Johnson

    Troy Britton Johnson

    Will Rogers Wrangler

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."

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