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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
- There are a total of 140 general entries. We are selecting 30 for display.
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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What is the last thing said in the show? | Falsettos
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welcome to fallsetto land. 'Don't know why but he looks like Marvin'
In the song 'Jason's Bar Mitzvah' who does everyone say Jason looks like? | Falsettos
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In the song 'Unlikly Lovers' what does marvin love? | Falsettos
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In the song 'Days Like This' what is one of the foods that Cordelia brings? | Falsettos
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chicken soup. 'For aches and croup try my chicken soup'
In the song 'Everyone Hates his Parents' what does Trina not want Jason to kill her with? | Falsettos
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In the song 'The Fight' what is Marvin and Trina fighting about? | Falsettos
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In the song 'A Day In Falsetto Land what does Cordelia save? | Falsettos
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chicken fat. 'You save lives and I save chicken fat.
Cordelia. They never say her name in the show.
Charlotte. They never say her name in the show.
Does Jason forgive Marvin at the end of act 1? | Falsettos
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In the song 'Marvin Hits Trina' when is the wedding? | Falsettos
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In the song 'Please Come to My House' what does Jason say he is? | Falsettos
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What is Trina cooking during the song 'I'm Breaking Down'? | Falsettos
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Bannana Carrot surprise. 'Oh darn,don't have time for a break down now,I have to get back to my bannana carrot surprise'
In the song 'The Thrill of First Love' what does Whizzer have unlimited knowlege of? | Falsettos
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In the song 'Love Is Blind' who puts Valentines in Trina's coat? | Falsettos
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In the song, 'A Tite Knit Family' what does Marvin say they will probably do? | Falsettos
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fight. 'I'm sure we'll probably fight'
yes. 'The dogs been fleed and sent outside to play'
Yes. "Lovers divided yet coincided. Something for everyone: a comedy tonight!" And I just have to throw in my favorite line... the last one: "What is the moral? Must be a moral. Here is the moral wrong or right: Morals tomorrow! Comedy comedy comedy comedy comedy comedy comedy comedy comedy tonight!"
Hysterium. Philia won't take the sleeping potion because Pseudolus put it in wine and her religion on Crete does not allow her to imbibe alcohol. ("He just HAD to fall in love with a religious Cretan!")
a new maid. Everybody ought to have a maid. Great song!
plague . "The plague? Is it contagious?" "Aren't they always?"
He remembers that he can't read.. He can't read, so he calls Hero out to call off the pages for him.
his freedom. "Say it!" "Free!" "Sing it!" "Free!" "Spell it!" "F-R-double E!" "No, the long way." "F-R-E-E! Free!"
1971. Follies premiered on April 4, 1971, at the Winter Garden Theater, starring (among others) John McMartin (Ben), Alexis Smith (Phyllis), Dorothy Collins (Sally), Gene Nelson (Buddy), Yvonne de Carlo (Carlotta), Ethel Shutta (Hattie), Justine Johnson (Heidi), Fifi d'Orsay (Solange) and Mary McCarty (Stella).
Live, Laugh, Love!. This starts as a carefree, top-hat-and-tails type number, but gradually turns serious as Ben realizes that his life is meaningless and empty. It ends with him calling out desperately for Phyllis, who had said earlier that she was leaving him.
The contrast between Phyllis as she was and as she is now.. "Lucy" is Phyllis' younger self ("Lucy is juicy, but terribly drab.", or "Lucy is lacy, but dull as a smock"), while "Jesse" is Phyllis as she is now ("Jesse is dressy, but cold as a slab", or "Jesse is racy, but hard as a rock"). She would like to reconcile the two and become a happier person.
The 'God, Why Don't You Love Me?' Blues. Buddy has the "God, why don't you love me? Oh you do? I'll see ya later" blues." Basically, he is unable to love Margie, who worships him, and can't stop loving Sally, who is in love with Ben.
"Losing My Mind", sung by Sally, is probably the best-known song from the show. What composer's style did Sondheim imitate in this song? | Sondheim's "Follies"
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George Gershwin. Most of the "Follies" numbers in the show are an affectionate pastiche of the styles of past composers. "Losing My Mind" is in the style of such Gershwin standards as "The Man I Love" and "But Not For Me".
Which number is sung by the "ghosts" of Ben, Phyllis, Sally, and Buddy's younger selves? | Sondheim's "Follies"
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You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through. "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" is a duet between Young Ben and Young Phyllis. "Love Will See Us Through" is a duet between Young Buddy and Young Sally. Both couples are about to start their lives together. Eventually, the two duets merge into a quartet.
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