Oct. 20, 2010
Will Rogers Follies Continues Performances Oct 22, 23, & 24
By Chris Spencer
Huntingtonnews.net Photographer
Huntington, WV (HNN) - Arts Resources for the Tri-State resume its production of “Will Rogers Follies” Oct 22 and 23 at 8 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. at the Renaissance Theatre (Old HHS), 900 8th Street.
The 1991 Broadway production captured Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Score.
Set at the Ziegfeld Follies where humorist Will Rogers performs rope tricks , the production portrays a piece of Americana seen in Rogers who never met a person he did not like.
Members of the Broadway cast included Gregory Peck and Keith Carradine. Songs include, “Give a Man Enough Rope,” “My Unknown Someone,” “The Big Time,” “No Man Left for Me,” and “Without You.”
Stephen Vance plays Will Rogers, Jane Modlin is Betty Blake, Jim Lamp plays Clem Rogers and Jocelyn Knapp is Ziegfeld’s Favorite.
Dinner is available Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. A Ticket for dinner & show is $30
For information, 304-733-ARTS or Arts@733arts.org.
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By Chris Spencer
Huntingtonnews.net Photographer
Huntington, WV (HNN) - Arts Resources for the Tri-State resume its production of “Will Rogers Follies” Oct 22 and 23 at 8 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. at the Renaissance Theatre (Old HHS), 900 8th Street.
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Set at the Ziegfeld Follies where humorist Will Rogers performs rope tricks , the production portrays a piece of Americana seen in Rogers who never met a person he did not like.
Members of the Broadway cast included Gregory Peck and Keith Carradine. Songs include, “Give a Man Enough Rope,” “My Unknown Someone,” “The Big Time,” “No Man Left for Me,” and “Without You.”
Stephen Vance plays Will Rogers, Jane Modlin is Betty Blake, Jim Lamp plays Clem Rogers and Jocelyn Knapp is Ziegfeld’s Favorite.
Dinner is available Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. A Ticket for dinner & show is $30
For information, 304-733-ARTS or Arts@733arts.org.
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