David C. Nichols' 10 Standout L.A. Theater Performances

8. Jan Maxwell in “Follies”

Maxwell’s turn as acerbic Phyllis Rogers Stone found her meeting the demands of Sondheim and James Goldman as though to the manner born in Center Theatre Group’s import of the acclaimed Broadway revival. Not since originator Alexis Smith can I recall a fiercer “Could I Leave You?” nor have I felt the humanity beneath the ice more acutely.

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