Arden Directing "Merrily" In LA

[RippedMan]

Arden Directing "Merrily" In LA#1

Posted: 5/2/16 at 1:25pm

Michael Arden is directing a production of Merrily We Roll Along in LA this summer/fall. 

[LarryD2]

Arden Directing #2

Posted: 5/2/16 at 1:30pm

I'm just going to go out on a limb and predict that Andy Mientus will be cast as Charley.

[neonlightsxo]

Arden Directing #3

Posted: 5/2/16 at 1:34pm

Andy Mientus will be playing every role.

[CindersGolightly]

Arden Directing #4

Posted: 5/2/16 at 2:14pm

Please, goodness, keep him away from this. Mientus, not Arden.

They/them. "Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."

[Scarywarhol]

Arden Directing #5

Posted: 5/2/16 at 2:15pm

Could actually be an interesting show for the DeafWest treatment. 

[neonlightsxo]

Arden Directing #6

Posted: 5/2/16 at 2:19pm

Wait, is he directing Merrily for Deaf West or is that just a suggestion? No link in the original post.

[LarryD2]

Arden Directing #7

Posted: 5/2/16 at 2:21pm

It does not appear to be Deaf West, per casting notice.

http://www.playbill.com/job/merrily-we-roll-along-2016-local-ecc-dancers

[electrode10]

Arden Directing #8

Posted: 5/2/16 at 2:28pm

What I find more interesting is that Eamon Foley is listed as the choreographer. Is this the same young boy from 13 and Everyday Rapture? 

[Tag]

Arden Directing #9

Posted: 5/2/16 at 2:40pm

^Yes

[neonlightsxo]

Arden Directing #10

Posted: 5/2/16 at 2:44pm

He's out of college now, I would assume.

[CATSNYrevival]

Arden Directing #11

Posted: 5/2/16 at 3:52pm

I'd see Andy as Charley. I think he could do it. It's maybe not Andy's typical musical style but it wasn't Lin-Manuel Miranda's either and I enjoy his performance on the cast album very much.

[suttonfoster]

Arden Directing #12

Posted: 5/2/16 at 6:19pm

I heard Marissa Jaret Winokur is involved as Mary in this. Mientus is not playing Charlie.

[CindersGolightly]

Arden Directing #13

Posted: 5/2/16 at 7:20pm

Is Mientus involved in any way?

They/them. "Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."

[NOWaWarning]

Arden Directing #14

Posted: 5/2/16 at 9:19pm

I would pay good money to see Marissa Jaret Winokur's Mary.

[gypsy101]

Arden Directing "Merrily" In LA#15

Posted: 5/2/16 at 9:34pm

huh, I never knew until googling him just now that Mientus and Arden are fiancés. He's wrong for the show though, for sure.

"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."

[missthemountains]

Arden Directing #16

Posted: 5/2/16 at 10:26pm

Eamon just graduated Princeton and has had incredible success there running his own company, I wish him the best of luck. I have high hopes for this - I loved Spring Awakening.

[BroadwayBaby6]

Arden Directing #17

Posted: 5/2/16 at 11:54pm

I'd KILL to see Lesli Margherita or Leslie Kritzer as Gussie. The role really needs a young(er) Patti LuPone type in the role. 

"It does what a musical is supposed to do; it takes you to another world. And it gives you a little tune to carry in your head. Something to take you away from the dreary horrors of the real world. A little something for when you're feeling blue. You know?"

[PepperedShepherd]

Arden Directing #18

Posted: 5/3/16 at 6:51pm

According to the L.A. Times, Arden will be the first "artist in residence" at the Wallis and will direct 2 shows in their upcoming season.

 

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-tony-spring-awakening-20160503-snap-story.html

 

This news alone makes the prospect of next season better than the one now ending.

[itsjustmejonhotmailcom]

Arden Directing #19

Posted: 5/6/16 at 2:31am

I am OBSESSED with Merrily. If you go to the casting notice LarryD2 posted you get the producer's name. If you google him you can find his Facsbook page. And on his Facebook page you can find this photo where Arden is tagged and Andy is in it and the caption references Merrily. So it looks like Andy is in it?https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206081367935093&set=t.1289070181&type=3&theater

[CindersGolightly]

Arden Directing #20

Posted: 5/6/16 at 2:41am

Well, I'll be skipping this, then.

They/them. "Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."

[CurtainPullDowner]

Arden Directing #21

Posted: 5/6/16 at 10:03am

That picture is just from a reading or presentation. It doesn't mean anyone has been cast.

And why are people reacting like Arden and Mientus work together all the time? They havre basically done one show together and Mientus was wonderful in SPRING AWAKENING.

[vfd88]

Arden Directing #22

Posted: 5/6/16 at 10:18am

Whether it makes it to New York or not, I'm excited to see Arden's career as a director continue to grow.

[AnnieBlack]

Arden Directing #23

Posted: 5/6/16 at 11:12am

I think its intriguing how much warmth people seem to have towards Arden & how much vitriol towards Mientus. 

[CurtainPullDowner]

Arden Directing #24

Posted: 5/6/16 at 12:29pm

Yeah!  What's up with that?

[CATSNYrevival]

Arden Directing #25

Posted: 5/6/16 at 12:47pm

I think they're both talented and adorable. I have no vitriol toward either of them.