Good Evening!
I'm back from Encores' Stairway To Paradise too...
And I thought it was good, not great. And as much as I like Kristin Chenoweth, I was wishing for more Ruthie Henshall - who only had two solos during the whole evening. -At least she got her own line in credits. But Kristin and Kevin Chamberlain were in lots of numbers, and had plenty of quick changes.
The only really thing that bugged me was that each number was not a recreation of an actual "Follies" number - which is sort of what I thought it was going to be. And, as DR elmore mentioned, some of the medleys and cobbling together of numbers seemed a bit forced at times. Consequently, some of the transitions also seemed a bit awkard. -At least to me. Additionally, I was hoping for more of a "history of dance" in the numbers, but everything seemed a bit the same throughout - even though the numbers were presented in chronological order. However, the tapper was amazing!
*And, yes, Warren Carlyle, did all the choreography. I know his assistant, and they've been working on it for the past couple of months.