Said Sondheim in a statement: \u201cOver the years, there have been many attempts to bring Follies to the screen, but not until Dominic Cooke\u2019s brilliant production at the National Theatre of Great Britain did it seem like it could be a real movie. I\u2019m more than delighted, I\u2019m thrilled, that it\u2019s finally going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deadline reports<\/a>: \u201cBased on the book by James Goldman, and with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim,\u00a0Follies<\/em>\u00a0first ran in 1971. It features the songs\u00a0Broadway Baby, I\u2019m Still Here<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Losing My Mind<\/em>. Set in a Broadway theater scheduled for demolition, the story follows a reunion of former performers in the crumbling building.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Stephen Sondheim\u2019s \u2018Follies\u2019 is Finally Coming to the Big Screen<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n