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."

Cast

Keith Carradine Will Rogers

Dee Hoty Betty Blake

Dick Latessa Clem Rogers Cady Huffman Mr. Ziegfeld's Favorite Gregory Peck Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)

Vince Bruce The Roper

Jerry Mitchell Will Rogers Wrangler/Indian Of The Dawn

John Ganun Will Rogers Wrangler

Troy Britton Johnson Will Rogers Wrangler

Jason Opsahl Will Rogers Wrangler

Tom Brackney The Wild West Show

Bonnie Brackney The Wild West Show

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