After the 1965 failure of Sondheim’s show Do I Hear a Waltz?, Sondheim decided he would only work on projects henceforth where he could write both the music and the lyrics. Inspired by a New York Times article about a gathering of former Ziegfeld Girls, Sondheim, partnered with James Goldman as the book writer, created Follies. The show was originally titled The Girls Upstairs, but the initial production scheduled for 1967 fell through. Hal Prince offered to join the project as the producer and director, as long as Sondheim agreed to work with him on Company. The two agreed and brought
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