The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

144 mins | Music | Nov. 26, 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."

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

144 mins | Music | Nov. 26, 1993

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
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."
Producers Japan Satellite Broadcasting (JSB), Arca Media, Pierre Cossette Enterprises
Original title The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
Directors Christine Clark Bradley, Walter C. Miller, Tommy Tune
Writers Betty Comden, Cy Coleman, Peter Stone, Adolph Green

Cast

Keith Carradine

as Will Rogers

Dee Hoty

as Betty Blake

Dick Latessa

as Clem Rogers

Cady Huffman

as Mr. Ziegfeld's Favorite

Gregory Peck

as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)

Vince Bruce

as The Roper

Jerry Mitchell

as Will Rogers Wrangler/Indian Of The Dawn

John Ganun

as Will Rogers Wrangler

Troy Britton Johnson

as Will Rogers Wrangler

Jason Opsahl

as Will Rogers Wrangler

Tom Brackney

as The Wild West Show

Bonnie Brackney

as The Wild West Show

Paul Ukena, Jr.

as Wiley Post

Roxane Barlow

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Maria Calabrese

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Rebecca Downing

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Colleen Dunn

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Toni Georgiana

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Eileen Grace

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Luba Mason

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Dana Jackson

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Stephanie Pope

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Angie L. Schworer

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Carol Denise Smith

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Aimee Turner

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Jillana Laufer

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Wendy Waring

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Christina Youngman

as New Ziegfeld Girl

Gregory Scott Carter

as Freddy Rogers

Rick Faugno

as Will Rogers, Jr.

Tammy Minoff

as Mary Rogers

Lance Robinson

as James Rogers

Tom Flagg

as Mr. Ziegfeld's Stage Manager