The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

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."

Cast

Keith Carradine

Will Rogers

Dee Hoty

Betty Blake

Dick Latessa

Clem Rogers

Cady Huffman

Mr. Ziegfeld's Favorite

Gregory Peck

Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)

N/A

Vince Bruce

The Roper

Jerry Mitchell

Will Rogers Wrangler/Indian Of The Dawn

N/A

John Ganun

Will Rogers Wrangler

N/A

Troy Britton Johnson

Will Rogers Wrangler

N/A

Jason Opsahl

Will Rogers Wrangler

N/A

Tom Brackney

The Wild West Show

N/A

Bonnie Brackney

The Wild West Show