I have seen many productions of this show. The broadway original, DC production, both Broadway revivals, Encores!, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Paper Mill Playhouse, Carnegie Hall concert, 2017 London revival, & various community theater productions. Even a high school production that was unexpectedly great. At the end of the day, though, Dorothy Collins’ version of Losing My Mind remains the definitive version for me. Her emotions straddle the fine line among love, wistfulness, longing, pain, anger, hopelessness & despair without going too far with any one of those emotions. Which is why the song has been called a nervous breakdown set to music, because a breakdown encompssses all those emotions in equal measure. ❤
I am unfamiliar with Dee Hoty's work, which is definitely my loss as this was a stellar performance of a particularly tricky song with a whole lot else going on too. Plus she was clearly having the time of her life performing it.
This song seems to be crazy, but then you watch 1933's Flying Down to Rio, where there's an entire number of people doing a choreography on airplanes over Rio de Janeiro
I just love this original version. It’s less theatrical or operatic than most of the more recent covers. It rather has some sort of nightclub torch song feel that suits the song perfectly.
Dorothy Loudon and Dorothy Collins were two of the greatest performers of early Sondheim in the sixties. Merv Griffin and Dick Cavett had marvelous Broadway stars on in the afternoons. A thrill for this tiny theater tot! Wonderful memories.
Letting your adult children go is heartbreaking for mothers but you have to…. they have to live their own lives. One day they are young children riding a bicycle behind you - You turn around again and they are gone …off on their own path. 😢
What was the “Around the World” pic Lil Edie was showing us in Grey Gardens? A magazine from the 70’s or a Broadway Play Magazine from Around the World in 80 days? or maybe Bing Crosby song 1956? Wondering?
I saw her in the original. How great a singer. What a great song. No one does it better. I saw Follies twice, and although now i am at 80, and have seen so many hits and flops, this is the best.
I don't know why we even bother with revivals Because I don't think anything will top this. The only actress who I think could possibly come close is audra mcdonald.
I've always loved Bebe's voice in this too. Kay Cole's high E....and Kelly Bishop...Carole Bishop...Sheila really steals the show. Kelly/Carole really did deserve that Tony. Thank you for this. For those of us ACL fanatics, sure we wished it was better quality footage, be being able to slightly see the choreography and the actors and staging...love it.
This is not the Broadway original. Totally different voice. THIS is the original Broadway recording: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G0UIaxxMe2Y.html
