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Artist Credits

Cast
Ivy Austin, Mary Brienza, Sidney J. Burgoyne, Marion Cowings, Kathryn Markey, and Leenya Rideout

with special guest
Tony Roberts


Staged and Hosted by Isaiah Sheffer
Co-Written by Martin Sage
Musical Direction by Lanny Meyers
Choreography by Regina Larkin
Stage Managed by Brittani Key
Cartoons by Mort Gerberg

 

Filed Under humor, satire, politics, skits, songs, variety show
Other Events

The Thalia Follies: Primary Colors
Thu, Feb 16 at 7:30 pm
Fri, Feb 17 at 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm
Sat, Feb 18 at 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm

Special Benefit Performance of Operation Adelmo
Mon, Feb 20 at 7 pm

I Love My Wife So I Will Not Cheat
Thu, Feb 23 at 7:30 pm
Fri, Feb 24 at 8 pm
Sat, Feb 25 at 8 pm

Patience
Sun, Mar 11 at 5 pm

The Ugly Duckling & The Tortoise and the Hare
Sat, Mar 17 at 11 am

6th Annual Broadway Beauty Pageant
Mon, Mar 19 at 8 pm

PASTA! A Pop Ups Puppet Musical
Sat, Mar 31 at 11 am

Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival 2012
Mon, Apr 23 at 7:30 pm
Mon, Apr 30 at 7:30 pm

The Heart Is Not Made of Stone
Sat, May 12 at 8 pm

Royal Family Productions Educational Performance
Mon, May 14 at 6 pm

Thalia Follies: Go Fight for City Hall main image TheatreJune 4, 2009

Thalia Follies: Go Fight for City Hall

The Performance

Special guest Tony Roberts joins the Follies as it zooms in to cover the upcoming New York mayoral election race, while keeping an eye on Albany and Washington as well.


Performance playlist:

ACT I
Politics and Egos Sheffer/Harnick & Bock
Dick Cheney Won't You Please Shut Up?
words and music, Mary Brienza
Bloomberg Press Conference - Isaiah Sheffer
I Dreamed a Dream Ivy Austin/Claude Michel Schonburg
All or Nothing at All - Marion Cowings/Arthur Altman
Press Pound for Further Options
words, Isaiah Sheffer; music, Beth Ertz
Mayor Mike's Money - Martin Sage
Bo's White House Diary Sheffer/Markey
Reading Paul Krugman Sheffer/Rodgers
Pedicab, Pedicab Sheffer/Harnick & Bock
Albany! Sheffer/Rodgers

ACT II
Get Your Prayer On The Chalks
Taxi Ride Uptown Sheffer/Roberts
Subway Aerobics - Stephen Aubrey
Sidewalk Serenade words and music, Lanny Meyers
Yankee Stadium Tickets by Martin Sage
Throwaway words and music, Leenya Rideout
Sotomayor words, Martin Sage; music, Arthur Schwartz
Diversified Banks of America - Emily Perl Kingsley
Middle East Medley: Sharia/Karzai/Bibi's Back
words, Martin Sage; music, Leonard Bernstein/W.Nelson
We're Going to Buy Out the Nation Sheffer/Rodgers

 

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