Elaine Paige sings "I'm Still Here" in FOLLIES on Broadway

FOLLIES star Elaine Paige performs "I'm Still Here."

The winner of seven Tony Awards®, FOLLIES is one of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's greatest works.
It echoes the songs, exuberance and romance of the lively vaudevillian days between the two World Wars. With such well-known songs as "Broadway Baby," "I'm Still Here," "Too Many Mornings," "Could I Leave You?" and "Losing My Mind," the show gives voice to the ghosts that haunt the stages of Broadway's great old theaters with what the Washington Post calls some of Sondheim's "wittiest, most luminous songs.

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• I'm Still HEre
• Follies
• Stephen Sondheim
• James Goldman
• Tony Award
• musical
• musical theatre
• Elaine Paige
• Broadway
• love song
• show girl
• Marquis Theatre

[sweetdreams143]

Omgoodness. Elaine has been my idol for so many years, and I FINALLY caught her on stage in Follies. I could not stop my legs from shaking when she first appeared on stage. My idol, the reason I do what I do was right there in front of me. It was a dream come true, and everything I'd hoped it to be. <3

Everyone needs to go see this production of Follies though. It is magnificent, and I even flew my parents to NY to see it. They loved it as well. I walk away with tears every time. Go!!

[joannecarroll1]

@sweetdreams143 I agree with you - I finally got to see Elaine last weekend - and when she came out, I teared. She's been my idol for over 20 yrs. I flew up to NY from Tn. I still have one wish - to see her in concert. I've pre-ordered the cast recording - oh, how I'd love a dvd recording! I can dream - huh!

[coffee3able]

@Pobcouture hey if you've got it flaunt it & no one's got it like EP

[lite7761str]

Elaine Paige is a magnificent singer as well as a great performer & stopped the show in "Follies". Stritch can't begin to match EP in any way and can't even sing.  I do agree with previous poster that Paige should have had a much larger role in this show but would go to see her in a show if she only sang the phone book for a minute or two.

[jamesteroh]

I was in NYC for New years eve weekend and saw this Friday night. I am a big fan of hers and Bernedettes. I am a fan of EP's and was disappointed this was her only solo number in the show and she didn't have a bigger part. I was disappointed in the show and in her performance. Definitely not her best performance. But I have heard Elaine Stritch sing this song and ES's perforamnce is much better

[poptartbrat]

Damn, there is nothing Elaine Paige can't do!

[clairetm63]

I would not say she's bitter or angry during this piece. It's just one verse anyway.

When I saw this show, I never laughed harder because Elaine Paige is a real life Carlotta! She just has that strong, pushy, yet good-natured quality about her.

I wouldn't say this is the best role she has been in (ahem, Grizabella!), but she definitley has the most interesting interpretation of the role. And I like it! ;)

[Pobcouture]

Grotesque performance. Nobody so angry, charmless and bitter would have survived 10 minutes in showbiz, let alone a lifetime. As for the hideous, self-indulgent and show-off belt at the end; awful. Elaine really doesn't do nuance.

[bigbadjockt]

Straight to the point: So many reasons to go see this show, Bernadette Peters, the production, the choreography, the actors, the story, Ron Raines, the music........the list goes on. But, even with that said the incomparable Elaine Paige is amazing............she brings down the house with this song...........those 3-4 minutes alone are worth the price of admission

[Somepeople]

For those who talk about her being angry or overacting, this is just one segment of the song. She sings it with a dramatic arch, and in person, her performance of the whole song is AMAZING. I saw her yesterday, and she tore down the roof of that theater. She's one of the few performers to have the charisma required for this character.