Love tangles, nostalgia, and extravagant dance numbers—Stephen Sondheim’s 1971 musical Follies has it all, and National Theatre Live brings it with a 21-piece orchestra to SJSU’s Hammer Theatre, part of a nationwide screening series of their award-winning live performance recordings. Set in the crumbling Weissman theater as former chorus girls relive their glory days, Follies resonates poignantly in a period where venues across the country have fought to stay open amid the pandemic. Directed by Dominic Cooke and filmed in 2017, Broadway pedants can say they saw National Theatre’s production before Follies’ upcoming film adaptation, also slated to be directed by Cooke.
Follies
Thurs & Sun, 7pm & 2pm, $20
Hammer Theatre Center, San Jose
