James Goldman

On stage 1 production

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Also credited on2 works

A Family Affair
Follies

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In the literature8 passages

• I signed up to compete with my friend Barb Eagle in the Dramatic Duet Acting category. We chose to perform a scene from The Lion in Winter by James Goldman. Barb was Eleanor of Aquitaine and I played the role of Henry the Plantagenet. Our first competition was held at Plainfield High School, in a neighbouring town close to Joliet. As Barb…ebooks/Barrowman, John & Barrowman, Carole E_/Anything Goes - John Barrowman & Carole E. Barrowman.txt
• James Goldman’s original libretto for Follies was not only critically controversial, it provoked strenuous debate between the two visionary co-directors, Bennett and Prince. What mainly bothered Bennett was the absence of humor and the general heaviness of tone—in short, its lack of commercial appeal. When Prince vetoed the idea of bringi…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Today, Follies is rarely performed twice in exactly the same version. James Goldman’s widow made the observation that the show has morphed throughout its entire life. By the time rehearsals for the original production began, it had already gone through many more versions than most musicals. There had been well over five drafts, two titles…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Barbara Deren Associates, Inc.-Raoulfilm, Inc.: Excerpts from the libretto of Follies. Copyright © 1971 by James Goldman. Reprinted by permission of Barbara Deren Associates, Inc.-Raoulfilm, Inc.ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Some find James Goldman’s original book about Phyllis and Sally, two former showgirls, their respective husbands Ben and Buddy—and their unsuccessful marriages—an utter bore. Others see the two couples’ plight as a fascinating metaphor for a once-promising but ultimately declining America.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• Like Willson, James Goldman was writing an original. He gave life to two showgirl roommates: Phyllis Rogers (Alexis Smith) and Sally Durant. They’d met and worked together in 1941 in The Weismann Follies, then respectively married Benjamin Stone and Buddy Plummer, two college chums who’d been their Stage Door Johnnies. How much everyone h…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt

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