Minstrel Follies
Minstrel Follies is a musical revue devised by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke.
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The revue features the music of the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, and sequences/medleys celebrating Paris, Al Jolson and Broadway. An original stage cast recording was released in 1974.
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Performance history in South Africa
1974: Presented by Brickhill-Burke at His Majesty’s Theatre, directed and choreographed by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke. Musical director Boris Cohen. Assistant choreographer Pat Gill. Decor designed by Liz MacLeish. Costumes designed by Joan Brickhill. Starring Patricia Gill, Ronnie Grainge, Aubrey Ellis, Eddie Hanover, Maureen Donne, Jenni Adair, Frances Moore. Follies' Lovelies: Terry Brooks, Collete Dacre, Diane Fincham, Shirley Fitzsimmons, Melanie Grace, Sandi Howath, Nina Kitching, Marcia Lindoorn, Lynne Northcroft, Yvonne Oosthuizen, Anne Pollock, Dorianne Stein, Wendy-Anne Wolter, Kathy Wragge. Minstrels: Norman Birch, Ronnie Block, Norman Daniels, John Dippenaar, Harry Engelbrecht, Mervyn Goodman, Ivor Jones, Neil McGee, Alfie McKee, David Moodie, Patrice Palhories, Colin Polson, Charles Smith, Carlo Spetto, Neville Style, Chris van Rensburg.
Sound engineer Eugene du Plessis.
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