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The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

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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."

Featured Crew

Peter Stone
Musical
Billy Byers
Orchestrator
Tommy Tune
Stage Director
Adolph Green
Musical
Cy Coleman
Musical
Betty Comden
Musical
Howard Leonard
Wig Designer
Christine Clark Bradley
Assistant Director

Cast

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Keith Carradine
Will Rogers
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Dee Hoty
Betty Blake
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Dick Latessa
Clem Rogers
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Cady Huffman
Mr. Ziegfeld's Favorite
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Gregory Peck
Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
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Vince Bruce
The Roper
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Jerry Mitchell
Will Rogers Wrangler/Indian Of The Dawn
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John Ganun
Will Rogers Wrangler
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Troy Britton Johnson
Will Rogers Wrangler
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Jason Opsahl
Will Rogers Wrangler
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Tom Brackney
The Wild West Show
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Bonnie Brackney
The Wild West Show
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Paul Ukena, Jr.
Wiley Post
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Roxane Barlow
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Maria Calabrese
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Rebecca Downing
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Colleen Dunn
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Toni Georgiana
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Eileen Grace
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Luba Mason
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Dana Jackson
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Stephanie Pope
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Angie L. Schworer
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Carol Denise Smith
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Aimee Turner
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Jillana Laufer
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Wendy Waring
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Christina Youngman
New Ziegfeld Girl
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Rick Faugno
Will Rogers, Jr.
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Tammy Minoff
Mary Rogers
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Lance Robinson
James Rogers
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Tom Flagg
Mr. Ziegfeld's Stage Manager