Today in 1971, Follies opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it ran for 522 performances. Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the 'Weismann's Follies,' a musical revue based on the Ziegfeld Follies, that played in that theatre between the World …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AM on April 4, 2013