The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

A warm, lively stage show that feels like a celebratory revue, mixing humor, rope tricks, and homespun wisdom.

Directed by

Walter C. Miller

Genres

Music

Starring

Keith Carradine, Dee Hoty, Dick Latessa

Tagline

Japanese television broadcast of the Tony award-winning musical.

Overview

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."

How it feels

Warm, light, whimsical and satirical. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Celebrity, politics, media, family

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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