See breakdown. YOUNG BEN - Ben thirty years earlier, in 1940, when he was dating a Follies girl. The Will Rogers Follies, starring Keith Carradine, focused on Rogers's performances as a headliner of the Ziegfield Follies. The Will Rogers' Follies song list including song titles, associated characters and recommended audition songs. Seeking submissions from AEA members. Will Rogers (warm baritone, low Ab - F, moves well) star of the Ziegfeld Follies, strong, charismatic performer with the ability to entertain the audience with a natural and calming charm; knowledge or willing to learn to spin a rope; ability to play guitar is ideal. Musical Numbers "Beautiful Girls" - Roscoe "Don't Look at Me" - Sally and Ben "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" - Buddy, Ben, Phyllis, Sally, Young Buddy, Young Ben, Young Phyllis, Young Sally * Character was renamed "Christine Crane" during the run of the show ** Character was renamed "Sandra Donovan" during the run of the show. Donna Murphy, center, in the 2007 Encores! PHYLLIS ROGERS STONE - Ben's 50-year old society wife, smart, tart, vicious and sleek. Characters BENJAMIN STONE - A big man on Wall Street, with a chic Manhattan wife, no children but everything else. The Will Rogers Follies. Actor/singers for a few roles in WILL ROGERS FOLLIES and OLIVER. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Baritone vocal range and if possible play harmonica and handle a rope. The Will Rogers Follies (Original, Musical, Broadway) opened in New York City May 1, 1991 and played through Sep 5, 1993. Music Composed & Arranged by Cy Coleman : Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green : Original New York Production Directed & Choreographed by Tommy Tune . Rogers was born on his parents' Dog Iron Ranch in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory, near present-day Oologah, Oklahoma, now in Rogers County, named in honor of his father, Clem Vann Rogers.The house in which he was born had been built in 1875 and was known as the "White House on the Verdigris River". WILL ROGERS FOLLIES Auditions Maltz Jupiter Theatre in New York 10/12 Character Breakdown Will Rogers: Principal role that must have a command of the stage, but be well liked by the audience. “Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties”, p.86, Rowman & Littlefield 40 Copy quote The problem in America isn't so much what people don't know; the problem is what people think they know that just ain't so. Book by Peter Stone - Inspired by the words of Will & Betty Rogers . A musical in 2 acts, a Prelude and 12 Scenes. 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