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Jennifer Coolidge and Alistair Brammer join cast of Follies concert

They join Christine Baranski and Ruthie Henshall in the one-off show at the Royal Albert Hall

Rosie Bannister

Rosie Bannister

| London | Off-West End |

13 February 2015

Jennifer Coolidge will play Hattie Walker
Jennifer Coolidge will play Hattie Walker

Jennifer Coolidge (American Pie, Legally Blonde), Stefanie Powers (Hart to Hart), Alistair Brammer (Miss Saigon, War Horse), Alexander Hanson (Stephen Ward, Jesus Christ Superstar) and Laura Pitt-Pulford (The Sound of Music, The Light Princess) will join the cast of Follies in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

They join the previously announced Christine Baranski, Ruthie Henshall, Anita Dobson, Anita Harris, Roy Hudd and Russell Watson in Craig Revel Horwood's concert on 28 April 2015.

The show, which is choreographed by WhatsOnStage Award-winner Andrew Wright and supported by the City of London Philharmonic Orchestra, will play a matinee and evening performance.

Celebrating composer Stephen Sondheim's 85th birthday year, the concert will feature the show's songs including "Losing My Mind" and "Broadway Baby".

Set in a crumbling old Broadway theatre scheduled for demolition, Follies sees two couples, Buddy and Sally Durant Plummer and Ben and Phyllis Rogers Stone, look back over their relationships during a reunion.

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