MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews- Page 18
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews
Stand-by Joined: 9/6/05
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#425
Posted: 6/8/24 at 4:01pm
I’m not sure whether this has already been leaked, but it was (amazing) news to me! I have tickets for June 21 and just received a call to let me know that they will be filming that night and my seats are being moved over a few seats. Such great news!
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#426
Posted: 6/8/24 at 4:12pm
MezzA101 said: "'Merrily We Roll Along' made them old friends. Now, the cast is 'dreading' saying goodbye.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/06/07/merrily-we-roll-along-broadway-cast/73958008007/
Glad I got tickets for the final curtain before the obscene jacking up of prices.
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Same here........ bought my ticket months ago the minute they announced that July 7th was the last show, thou i can't believe it's already 4 weeks from tomorrow 
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#427
Posted: 6/8/24 at 5:27pm
forgetregret said: "I’m not sure whether this has already been leaked, but it was (amazing) news to me! I have tickets for June 21 and just received a call to let me know that they will be filming that night and my seats are being moved over a few seats. Such great news!"
Do you know if its for the archives or for a commercial release?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#428
Posted: 6/8/24 at 7:12pm
I was under the impression that ''Merrily'' was filmed for the Lincoln Center Archives a couple of months ago. Unless that was canceled, and postponed to June 21. ...
I really want THIS version to be shot for PBS' ''Great Performances'' or BroadwayHD, etc. I know Richard Linklater is working on a feature film of ''Merrily,'' but that's being shot over 20 years, so it might not be released until 2039!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#429
Posted: 6/8/24 at 7:35pm
I was just talking about this ... That I could totally see them surprising us with a pro shot!
(That being said, I don't remember if this was already filmed for the archives vs or not.)
Stand-by Joined: 9/6/05
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#430
Posted: 6/8/24 at 8:57pm
It was filmed for the Lincoln Center Archives in March: see info here. So I’m guessing/hoping this is commercial.
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#431
Posted: 6/8/24 at 11:07pm
Charles McNulty wrote in a Facebook comment after his interviews with Maria Friedman and Jonathan Groff recently that Merrily was still hoping to film the production but lacked funding.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#432
Posted: 6/9/24 at 5:00am
If it were being filmed for PBS, would the cost be on the production or the station?
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#433
Posted: 6/9/24 at 5:31am
If it is being filmed for commercial release or for PBS, doesn’t filming usually take place over several performances?
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#434
Posted: 6/9/24 at 10:56am
They could film one day with an audience and do another day or two without for close-ups.
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#435
Posted: 6/11/24 at 1:38am
Jonathan Groff on CBS Mornings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcHWsszH5UM
They keep showing new clips from a pro shot of the show! Fingers crossed they release the full version soon...
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#436
Posted: 6/11/24 at 6:04am
Lindsay Mendez says in a new podcast she has no guilt about missing shows and makes decisions about whether to do press or do an evening show. She laughed when asked if she has any guilt about missing shows (she says no), and that it is easier to say no when pregnant. 72 shows missed so far.
Stages Podcast
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#437
Posted: 6/11/24 at 8:15am
Springtime said: "Lindsay Mendez says in a new podcast she has no guilt about missing shows and makes decisions about whether to do press or do anevening show. She laughed when asked if she has any guilt about missing shows (she says no), and that it is easier to say no when pregnant. 72 shows missed so far.
Stages Podcast"
Your obsession (yes, obsession) with tracking her absences is so gross. Seek treatment.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#438
Posted: 6/11/24 at 8:24am
Springtime said: "Lindsay Mendez says in a new podcast she has no guilt about missing shows and makes decisions about whether to do press or do anevening show. She laughed when asked if she has any guilt about missing shows (she says no), and that it is easier to say no when pregnant. 72 shows missed so far.
Stages Podcast"
What is with the fixation on how many performances an actor has missed? Not just this show, but in general? Why do people care so much? If the production was concerned they'd do something. Maybe there's something in their contract about absences. In this specific case, she's pregnant, for crying out loud. Give people a break, and get a life aside from tracking how often someone is out of a show. According to Playbill, as of June 2nd they've had 272 performances, which has gone up since then. 72 shows is not worrying. Go touch grass.
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#439
Posted: 6/11/24 at 9:33am
Lunalaaaaaaaa said: "MezzA101 said: "'Merrily We Roll Along' made them old friends. Now, the cast is 'dreading' saying goodbye.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/06/07/merrily-we-roll-along-broadway-cast/73958008007/
Glad I got tickets for the final curtain before the obscene jacking up of prices.
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JEALOUS. I have tickets for the final Wednesday matinee and tickets are already going for 500+ for that show.
And some $799 seats have just been jacked up to $899 for the final performance.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#440
Posted: 6/11/24 at 9:37am
hearthemsing22 said: "Springtime said: "Lindsay Mendez says in a new podcast she has no guilt about missing shows and makes decisions about whether to do press or do anevening show. She laughed when asked if she has any guilt about missing shows (she says no), and that it is easier to say no when pregnant. 72 shows missed so far.
Stages Podcast"
What is with the fixation on how many performances an actor has missed? Not just this show, but in general? Why do people care so much? If the production was concerned they'd do something. Maybe there's something in their contract about absences. In this specific case, she's pregnant, for crying out loud. Give people a break, and get a life aside from tracking how often someone is out of a show. According to Playbill, as of June 2nd they've had 272 performances, which has gone up since then. 72 shows is not worrying. Go touch grass."
People care because they paid for a ticket, and often for a flight, and for a hotel in Manhattan to see that cast perform. Now, everyone has to miss work from time to time, but when it is a significant portion of the contract, it becomes something to discuss, especially when people are paying over a thousand to come watch that person work.
I don't know if you have ever made the trip to New York from middle-America because you wanted to see a specific cast perform; I have. Unfortunately, the performer we were most excited to see was out. It sucked, but it happens. Here's the thing, though the boards weren't alight with regular discussions about her missing shows. If they were, we may not have taken that gamble.
Discussions about performers missing a bulk of their contracts help others decide if it is worth the cost of a trip and ticket if they want to see a particular cast perform, because there are times when it is about the cast and not the show itself.
This is an important discussion to have when the performers are a huge part of the product that is being sold. In this case, everyone seems to agree that it is this cast that makes this flawed show work. People want to see that cast and see how they make it work.
In general, if people are paying and traveling to see an original cast, they want to see that cast. It might be different when it's the 53rd replacement cast for Wicked.
ETA at this point, Miss Gonzalez seems to have been present for most performances of late. While I do think it's reasonable to discuss that someone has missed a lot, it is not OK to pry into personal lives of performers and speculate on why. That's not our business.
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#441
Posted: 6/11/24 at 10:00am
jimmycurry01 said: "h
In general, if people are paying and traveling to see an original cast, they want to see that cast. Itmight be different when it's the 53rd replacement cast for Wicked.
ETA at this point, Miss Gonzalez seems to have been present for most performances of late. While I do think it's reasonable to discuss that someone has missed a lot, it is not OK to pry into personal lives ofperformersand speculate on why. That's not our business.
Umm...it's MENDEZ (not Gonzalez) -- but you've certainly told us a lot about yourself in that post!
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#442
Posted: 6/12/24 at 11:55am
Daniel Radcliffe on being a Tony-nominated actor:
''I'm thrilled [Groff, Mendez and I] are all nominated. ... I'm more ambivalent about my own chances of winning. I will burn the building to the ground if Jonathan Groff doesn't win. (Laughs.) Everybody else in [that Leading Actor] category is amazing. That is true. But I'm very biased here.''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWPmkBEi36s
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#443
Posted: 6/12/24 at 11:58am
The pro shot is happening.
https://x.com/bryanthe_ba/status/1800904240250106000?s=46&t=rci3aKm9VNUXroIBSGv5Tw
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#444
Posted: 6/12/24 at 1:31pm
Springtime said: "Lindsay Mendez says in a new podcast she has no guilt about missing shows and makes decisions about whether to do press or do anevening show. She laughed when asked if she has any guilt about missing shows (she says no), and that it is easier to say no when pregnant. 72 shows missed so far.
Stages Podcast"
That Mendez laughs at this rather than just speaks to understanding the disappointment of folks who paid for airfare, hotel, and (most expensive) tickets is actually kind of gross.
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#445
Posted: 6/12/24 at 1:34pm
Strange Lupone said: "Springtime said: "Lindsay Mendez says in a new podcast she has no guilt about missing shows and makes decisions about whether to do press or do anevening show. She laughed when asked if she has any guilt about missing shows (she says no), and that it is easier to say no when pregnant. 72 shows missed so far.
Stages Podcast"
That Mendez laughs at this rather than just speaks to understanding the disappointment of folks who paid for airfare, hotel, and (most expensive) tickets is actually kind of gross."
Get a life.
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#446
Posted: 6/12/24 at 1:47pm
JSquared2 said: "Strange Lupone said: "Springtime said: "Lindsay Mendez says in a new podcast she has no guilt about missing shows and makes decisions about whether to do press or do anevening show. She laughed when asked if she has any guilt about missing shows (she says no), and that it is easier to say no when pregnant. 72 shows missed so far.
Stages Podcast"
That Mendez laughs at this rather than just speaks to understanding the disappointment of folks who paid for airfare, hotel, and (most expensive) tickets is actually kind of gross."
Get a life."
Oh, the irony!
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#447
Posted: 6/12/24 at 2:23pm
ljay889 said: "The pro shot is happening.
https://x.com/bryanthe_ba/status/1800904240250106000?s=46&t=rci3aKm9VNUXroIBSGv5Tw"
We're believing some person walking by the theater instead of waiting for official confirmation from the production...
....sure, seems smart and legit
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#448
Posted: 6/12/24 at 2:30pm
Hell, it could be for a new documentary for all we know.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Reviews#449
Posted: 6/12/24 at 2:35pm
jimmycurry01 said: "hearthemsing22 said: "Springtime said: "Lindsay Mendez says in a new podcast she has no guilt about missing shows and makes decisions about whether to do press or do anevening show. She laughed when asked if she has any guilt about missing shows (she says no), and that it is easier to say no when pregnant. 72 shows missed so far.
Stages Podcast"
What is with the fixation on how many performances an actor has missed? Not just this show, but in general? Why do people care so much? If the production was concerned they'd do something. Maybe there's something in their contract about absences. In this specific case, she's pregnant, for crying out loud. Give people a break, and get a life aside from tracking how often someone is out of a show. According to Playbill, as of June 2nd they've had 272 performances, which has gone up since then. 72 shows is not worrying. Go touch grass."
People care because they paid for a ticket, and often for a flight, and for a hotel in Manhattan to see that cast perform. Now, everyone has to miss work from time to time, but when it is a significant portion of the contract, it becomes something to discuss, especially when people are paying over a thousandto come watch that person work.
72 shows is no where close to a significant portion of the contract. Y'all are just making excuses to stir up drama. Go ahead. Waste time doing that.
I don't know if you have ever made the trip to New York from middle-America because you wanted to see a specific cast perform; I have. Unfortunately, the performer we were most excited to see was out. It sucked, but it happens. Here's the thing, though the boards weren't alight with regular discussions about her missing shows. If they were, we may nothave taken that gamble.
Not New York, but I have traveled to see a show because of the specific show, not a specific performer. So I guess I'm lucky in that regard.
Discussions about performers missing a bulk of their contracts help others decide if it is worth the cost of a trip and ticket if they want to see a particular cast perform, because there are times when it is about the cast and not the show itself.
Once again, 72 shows is not a significant part of her contract.
This is an important discussion to have when the performers are a huge part of the product that is being sold. In this case, everyone seems to agree that it is this cast that makes thisflawed show work. People want to see that cast and see how they make it work.
I do agree that this specific cast is what makes the show work, but everything, from the cast to the direction to the music is also something to consider? Maybe? Think about that too.
In general, if people are paying and traveling to see an original cast, they want to see that cast. Itmight be different when it's the 53rd replacement cast for Wicked.
ETA at this point, Miss Gonzalez seems to have been present for most performances of late. While I do think it's reasonable to discuss that someone has missed a lot, it is not OK to pry into personal lives ofperformersand speculate on why. That's not our business.
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While yes, you're right it's not okay, ever, to pry into their personal lives- though some think we're entitled to that, which is gross, by the way- I think it's a complete waste of time to discuss cast absences.
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