The Will Rogers Follies
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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.
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The Will Rogers Follies | |
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Music | Cy Coleman |
Lyrics | Betty Comden Adolph Green |
Book | Peter Stone |
Productions | 1991 Broadway |
Awards | Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Score |
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It focuses on the life and career of humorist and performer Will Rogers, using as a backdrop the Ziegfeld Follies, which he often headlined, and describes episodes in his life in the form of production numbers. The Rogers character also performs rope tricks in between scenes. The revue contains snippets of Rogers' "homespun" style of wisdom.