It's 1971, and the iconic Weismann Theater is in ruins and will soon be demolished. Impresario Weismann is organizing a meeting of dancers, singers and performers who brought his “Weismann's Follies” (a musical review based on the Ziegfeld Follies) to life between the two world wars as a farewell to the building.
The "showgirls" of the time celebrate with bittersweet nostalgia their years of glory, but also their regrets. They interpret the numbers that made them famous. All the performers are observed by the ghost of their youth and the story oscillates between memory and the present.
Two couples, Buddy and Sally as well as Benjamin and Phyllis find themselves. Sally and Phyllis were showgirls in Weismann's follies and Buddy and Ben used to wait for them backstage.
The two couples are deeply unhappy in their marriages. Buddy, has an affair with a younger woman; Sally is in love with Ben; and Ben is so egotistical that Phyllis feels emotionally abandoned. During a night of romance and regret, the two marriages are put to the test. The characters end up being overtaken by their past and their reality and the follies intermingle.
Tracie Bennett who performs "I'm Still Here", one of the strongest moments in Sondheim's repertoire: