The Gentlemen of the Follies!

Baseball lost a hot prospect when Wayne Albritton, a college shortstop, opted to become a dancer. At 68, he returns for his 11th season at the Fabulous Follies. He discovered dancing when he got a severe case of measles at 6, and the doctor recommended it to regain his strength. At 19, he left his . . . Read More!

Robert Amore discovered his dance ability quite by chance while rehearsing for Northwestern University's iconic Waa-Mu Show (combined acronym for Women's Athletic Association and Men's Union).  The show's choreographer, Gus Giordano, needed a male dancer and asked Robert, "Can you lift . . . Read More!

Hank Brunjes had barely turned 20 when he first made it to Broadway in the 1952 revival of Pal Joey.  He followed it up with a role in the original production of Leonard Bernstein's landmark West Side Story and then a succession of Broadway hits: Mame, The Rothschilds, Chicago, Working and Sugar . . . Read More!

When a Follies cast member suffered an injury 12 years ago, Randy Doney came in to rehearse on a Tuesday, and on Wednesday he was on stage for opening day. Randy, 71, is still here. His extensive career began right after high school in Chicago when he joined a national touring company of My Fair . . . Read More!

Three decades of teaching dance didn't dim Dick France's urge to go out there and do it himself one more time! At 81, he is in his ninth season with the Follies after running the France Academy of Dance with his wife Karrie, in Tucson, Arizona, since 1970.

Before that, Dick, the son of . . . Read More!

At 57 years of age, John Kendrick is now in his third season with the Fabulous Follies. He grew up in upstate New York, around Binghamton and Ithaca, on the carnival circuit, which planted the show business bug in him early. As a teenager, he moved from midways and fairs to the stage, principally . . . Read More!