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"This is one of the best non-Equity musical productions you will see all year ... a musical theatre gold mine. Don't miss it!"

SteadStyleChicago.com

"a vintage Sondheim score in a classic show business musical, played. sung and danced with unabashed heart and soul by a cast that is all-out in love with the glories of Sondheim, show business and musicals." Richard Christiansen

"guts and authenticity " The Chicago Reader

"Follies is a most worthy production featuring a large non-Equity cast ... Actors Theatre Company’s passion for musical theatre propels this production to new heights ... producing an entertaining and artful show. You’ll never find a better bargain full-scale musical!" ChicagoCritic.com

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"My wife and I saw your show last night, our first time seeing "Follies" since the original production in 1971. WOW! What a fabulous production you put on! How strong all the players were! What terrific costumes and staging and production values ... thank you for staging such a superb production and proving what a classic musical this is." Charles Troy

" Sometimes I find that certain images from a really good production will stay with me for a bit, and that has been the case with “Follies”, and with one scene in particular. Mary Alexander’s performance and your staging of “Losing my Mind” were just wonderful. I knew Mary could sing, but I did not know she could sing like that ... I doubt there are more than a handful of women in the world who could deliver that song as she did. And the lighting effect at the end, with the spot closing on her face as she sang the last note, was pure poetry." Mike Weaver

"I was so taken by the production you and your ensemble had mounted. I ... had seen Follies when it was first produced on Broadway ... one of my most memorable experiences in the theatre, and I feared that a local acting company I'd never heard of wouldn't do it justice. I needn't have worried. It must be such a complicated show to put on, both technically and emotionally, but you all did a fantastic job-- and on a fraction of the budget available to Sondheim & Co. back in 1971 at the Winter Garden ... I kept thinking, God, who directed this marvel ... congratulations on a difficult job wonderfully well done." Cal Fentress

"I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed the production. The whole cast was remarkable. Sally sang beautifully; The men were exceptional; but among the principals just one of them had the whole package--singing, acting, looks and, most of all, dancing. As the last word of her best song says: "Guess!" I particularly liked the slides that separated the follies of each principal. It clarified a a narrative drift so well. No other production I've seen ever came up with that idea. I'm probably going the see the show a second time." Jack Badofsky

Directed by Marlon Barden

Musical Direction by Jack Cameron

Choreography by Robin Lehtman

Produced by Mary Lynn Dicker, Kitty West and

Christine Pfenninger

Executive Producer Whitney Langas