The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue (1993)
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."
Director: Walter C. Miller
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Keith Carradine as Will Rogers |
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Dee Hoty as Betty Blake |
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Dick Latessa as Clem Rogers |
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Cady Huffman as Mr. Ziegfeld's Favorite |
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Gregory Peck as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice) |
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Vince Bruce as The Roper |
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Jerry Mitchell as Will Rogers Wrangler/Indian Of The Dawn |
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John Ganun as Will Rogers Wrangler |
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Troy Britton Johnson as Will Rogers Wrangler |
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Jason Opsahl as Will Rogers Wrangler |
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Tom Brackney as The Wild West Show |
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Bonnie Brackney as The Wild West Show |
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Paul Ukena, Jr. as Wiley Post |
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Roxane Barlow as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Maria Calabrese as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Rebecca Downing as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Colleen Dunn as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Toni Georgiana as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Eileen Grace as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Luba Mason as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Dana Jackson as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Stephanie Pope as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Angie L. Schworer as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Carol Denise Smith as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Aimee Turner as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Jillana Laufer as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Wendy Waring as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Christina Youngman as New Ziegfeld Girl |
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Gregory Scott Carter as Freddy Rogers |
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Rick Faugno as Will Rogers, Jr. |
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Tammy Minoff as Mary Rogers |
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Lance Robinson as James Rogers |
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Tom Flagg as Mr. Ziegfeld's Stage Manager |
| Writing | Peter Stone | Musical |
| Writing | Adolph Green | Musical |
| Writing | Betty Comden | Musical |
| Writing | Cy Coleman | Musical |
| Directing | Tommy Tune | Stage Director |
| Sound | Peter Fitzgerald | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Wendall K. Harrington | Projection |
| Costume & Make-Up | Howard Leonard | Wig Designer |
| Sound | Cy Coleman | Music Arranger |
| Sound | Billy Byers | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Eric Stern | Music Director |
| Production | Julie Hughes | Casting |
| Production | Barry Moss | Casting |
| Lighting | Alan Adelman | Lighting Design |
| Directing | Christine Clark Bradley | Assistant Director |
| Production | Don Dudley | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Amy Storti | Production Manager |
| Crew | John B. Field | Technical Supervisor |
| Sound | Ed Greene | Sound |
| Camera | John Burdick | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bob Camitta | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bill Goetz | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Charlie Huntley | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jake Ostroff | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ron Washburn | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Larry McConkey | Camera Operator |
| Production | John Cossette | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Editing | Brent Carpenter | Editor |
| Directing | Walter C. Miller | Director |
| Production | Tamamatsu Kuwata | Executive Producer |
| Production | Pierre Cossette | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yoshiaka Iba | Associate Producer |
| Production | Noriyasu Ueki | Producer |
| Art | Tony Walton | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Willa Kim | Costume Design |
| Lighting | Jules Fisher | Lighting Design |
| Crew | Tommy Tune | Choreographer |
| Crew | Jeff Calhoun | Associate Choreographer |
