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Bob Mondello brought in his own personal copy of the original Follies cast album — intern Patrick Fort added the starburst. Emily Jan/NPR hide caption

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It'd Be No 'Folly' To Remake This Musical Classic

Now that the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods has made more than $100 million at the box office in just three weeks, NPR's movie critic Bob Mondello has a modest musical proposal.

Free Syrian Army fighters run behind sandbags in Daraa Al-Mahata, in southern Syria, on Jan. 21. Many moderate rebels joined the uprising to fight against President Bashar Assad, but the U.S. plans to train them to fight the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Wsam Almokdad/Reuters/Landov hide caption

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Syrian Rebels Want To Fight Assad, But Now They'll Face ISIS

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A memorial at the site of the first explosion in the Boston Marathon bombing. Defense attorneys say too many people in the potential jury pool have some kind of personal connection to the case. Andrew Burton /Getty Images hide caption

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Accused Bomber's Lawyers Say Boston Jury Pool Is Too Biased

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A herd of caribou begins the long trek across the Arctic plains in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Peter Mather/SN/Landov hide caption

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Obama's Arctic Refuge Drill Ban Won't Change Much, For Now

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"If this is the only album I get to release, so be it," George Ezra says. "I've had the best time." Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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George Ezra: Listen To This Man, He'll Make You Swoon

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It'd Be No 'Folly' To Remake This Musical Classic

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