a cultural moment

Tracie Bennett is brilliant. And so is the director, Dominic Cooke. The first section of the song is diegetic (performed to others). Then the song becomes internal as Carlotte sings about Reno &c. The duality song shows Sondheim's genius and the staging makes it clear. Wonderful

i think i’ve watched every performance of this song available on youtube… wish i could take excerpts from all my faves to create “my” perfect version! this however, from the great karen morrow in a los angeles regional revival of follies is just so special to me…

Outstanding! The ultimate survivor’s anthem, performed beautifully! Does it get much better than this? 👏👏

I saw this in London! The production was incredible and this moment was definitely a highlight of the show. Also Josephine Barstow as “Old Heidi” who was transcendent!

i flew to Paris and took the train to London just to see the fabulous production!

'Pretzels and beer' was previously used by Sondheim in Evening Primrose: 'If you can find me, I'm Here'. Maybe it should be renamed, 'If you can find me, I'm Still Here'

It was such a treat to see her this side of the pond in “Here We Are” after seeing Tracie Bennett in “End Of The Rainbow.” Wish I could’ve seen her as Mame at the Hope Mill Theatre.

Amen. Great show, song and a superb performance

I saw this live. It was electrifying. Tracie is a whole level or brilliant. I’ll never forget seeing this and how perfect it was.

@OfficialTracieB is awesome! Would love to see her perform in person.

Best there is!

Terrific. I don't know who she is, but terrific!

Wow! That’s how to do it!! I wish Chita had a chance to do this show. She’d have been wonderful too.

@SondheimSociety Musical theatre rarely gets better than @OfficiTracieB ‘s performance in Follies. It was an absolutely perfect performance of a nuanced character, fabulously sung.

Tracie is the moment she is a superb talent

It was brilliant ❤️❤️❤️

Love this woman.. she’s incredible.. her voice reminds me of the great Judy Garland, and wish I’d seen her in ‘End of the Rainbow’.. I did see her in this spectacular production though and in ’Mame’ at the wonderful @hopemilltheatre @OfficialTracieB

Every single bit of that applause was well and truly earned. 👏👏👏👏👏

Oh yes, the divine @OfficialTracieB!

Superlative and perfection!

Great performance. What an actor!

That was amazing. 🔥

wrong, only Phyllis wears Red

Fabulous!! But I'll always remember the legend Dolores Gray in the original London production.