‘Follies’ Memories; a Revival With Bernadette Peters

EVERY Broadway musical has its originalists, the devotees who judge every subsequent production against the memory of the first one. The you-had-to-be-there <a href="http://www.shopsellbags.com/"><strong> lv handbags</strong></a> contingent is particularly strong for &ldquo;Follies,&rdquo; Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman&rsquo;s 1971 collaboration with the directors Harold Prince and Michael Bennett. Goldman&rsquo;s book and Mr. Sondheim&rsquo;s music and lyrics use the reunion of showgirls from a fictitious Ziegfeld Follies-style revue to juxtapose the dazzling heyday of Depression-era Broadway with the decades of ambivalence and regret that followed. The latest revival &mdash; directed by Eric Schaeffer and featuring Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Ron Raines <a href="http://www.shopsellbags.com"><strong>chanel handbags</strong></a> and Danny Burstein &mdash; will undoubtedly generate its own share of memories when it opens on Sept. 12 at the Marquis Theater. Until then here are a handful of &ldquo;Follies&rdquo; reminiscences from people who have seen &rsquo;em all (but particularly the original one) and are still here.&nbsp;