
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."
Crew
Cast
Will Rogers
Keith CarradineBetty Blake
Dee HotyClem Rogers
Dick LatessaMr. Ziegfeld's Favorite
Cady HuffmanMr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Gregory PeckThe Roper
Vince BruceWill Rogers Wrangler/Indian Of The Dawn
Jerry MitchellWill Rogers Wrangler
John GanunWill Rogers Wrangler
Troy Britton JohnsonWill Rogers Wrangler
Jason Opsahl
Keith CarradineBetty Blake
Dee HotyClem Rogers
Dick LatessaMr. Ziegfeld's Favorite
Cady HuffmanMr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Gregory PeckThe Roper
Vince BruceWill Rogers Wrangler/Indian Of The Dawn
Jerry MitchellWill Rogers Wrangler
John GanunWill Rogers Wrangler
Troy Britton JohnsonWill Rogers Wrangler
Jason Opsahl